Qazi Zafrullah, an Awami League nominee and party presidium member, was defeated by independent candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon in Faridpur 4 constituency.
Although the 10th parliamentary polls were held amid stray incidents across the country, voters in the constituency casted their votes in a festive mood without any untoward incidents.
Qazi Zafrullah, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon and JP (Manju) nominee Md Zakir Hossain were the prime contestants for the seat.
People from every walk of life casted votes at Bhanga, but there was a little tension in Sadarpur and Charbhadrachan upazilas.
Over 50% of people voted in Faridpur 4 constituency, comprising Bhanga, Sadarpur and Charbhadrasan upazilas.
“After a long time, voters of Bhanga witnessed a tough fight,” said 75-year-old Ramjan Mia after coming out from a polling centre.
Moniruzzaman, a local leader of the BNP who, casted his vote at Sadarpur Primary Model School, said: “We want a change that’s why I came to cast my vote.”
Before the election it was learned that some local opposition leaders were working for Nixon.
However, Bhanga upzila unit BNP president claimed that no leaders and activists went to the polling centre to cast votes.
In the morning, the presence of voters was low because of dense fog. After a rise of temperature voters started coming to polling centres.
Mojibur, alias Nixon, was also named in the Padma bridge scam.
At a recent rally, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked voters not to vote for those whose names had come up in the graft scam.
On a banner in the Bhanga bazar area, Nixon Chowdhury calls himself Bangabandhu’s grandson.
Zafarullah’s family members became lawmakers six times on Awami League tickets since independence. His wife Nilufar is the incumbent lawmaker of this constituency.
In 2001 when BNP won a landslide victory, they didn’t get a candidate elected here. Zafarullah won that race after getting 51,662 votes and his nearest rival contestant was an independent candidate who got 46,030 votes.
In 2008, Nilufer Zafar Ullah got 157,491 and his nearest rival candidate was Mostofa Amir Faysal, whose symbol was a rose, with 70,165.
