The main opposition BNP yesterday has received two out of the three posts of panel-mayor of Barisal City Corporation.
ATM Hazi Shahidullah, councillor of ward 12 and vice president of city unit BNP and district Swechchhasebak Dal convener, was elected as the first panel-mayor of BCC by votes of councillors and the mayor.
Shahidullah received 21 out of the 41 votes from 30 general and 10 reserved female ward councillors and the mayor.
His nearest rival Altaf Mahmud, BNP-backed councillor of ward 21 and former acting mayor, received 15 votes and Murtaza Abedin, Jatiya Party-backed councillor of ward 2, received three votes for the first panel-mayor post.
On other hand, Mosharref Ali Khan Badsha, Awami League-backed councillor of ward 16, was elected as the second panel-mayor receiving 23 votes while his rival candidate Habibur Rahman Tipu, BNP-backed councillor of ward 6 and city Swechchhasebak Dal convener, received 16 votes.
BNP activist Sharif Taslima Kalam Poly, councillor of female reserved seat in wards 1, 2 and 3, was elected as the third panel-mayor of BCC, uncontested.
The election for choosing panel-mayor was held at BCC conference room in the morning.
The BCC mayoral-election was held on June 15 and Ahsan Habib Kamal, district (south) BNP president, was elected as mayor, defeating city AL president and outgoing mayor, Shawkat Hossain Hiron, with a margin of 17,000 votes.
Kamal took charges as BCC mayor on October 8.
