Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, former adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, has again won Brahmanbaria-2 by-elections as an independent candidate.
Abdur Sattar secured 40,817 votes while his closest rival Abdul Hamid Bhasani got 9,500 votes.
District Returning Officer and District Commissioner Shahgir Alam announced the result at Brahmanbaria district administration office on Wednesday.
The polling in Brahmanbaria-2 constituency started from 8:30 am and continued till 4:30 pm.
Advocate Abdus Sattar was an elected lawmaker from Brahmanbaria and Comilla as a BNP candidate for five times, including the 11th parliamentary election held in 2018.
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He was one of the seven BNP leaders who resigned from the national parliament on December 11 as per the decision of the party.
Later he decided to participate in the election as an independent candidate in the same seat.
He was later expelled from the BNP. Following his ousting, Sattar got the backings of Awami League during his campaign.
