BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed is leading by a significant margin in the Cox’s Bazar-1 (Chakaria-Pekua) in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.
According to preliminary results from 74 of the 177 polling centers, Salahuddin, contesting under the paddy sheaf symbol, has secured 121,119 votes.
His nearest rival, Abdullah Al Farooq of Jamaat-e-Islami, running under the scale symbol, has received 45,073 votes.
The Cox’s Bazar-1 constituency covers Chakaria and Pekua upazilas and has a total of 540,468 registered voters, including 290,275 male and 250,192 female voters.
Counting is ongoing, and final results are yet to be officially declared.
