Ruling Awami League nominated candidates won three out of seven parliamentary constituencies where re-elections were held yesterday in 390 suspended polling centres.
Jatiya Party (Ershad) and Bangladesh Tariqat Federation got one seat each while independent candidates won in two others.
On January 5, the Election Commission suspended voting in 597 centres of eight constancies because of widespread violence. The EC did not hold re-election in Kurigram 4 constituency yesterday following a High Court stay order.
Re-polling in 207 other centres will not be required as the winning candidates have already got majority votes.
As per the roundup, the AL has got 234 seats, JaPa got 34, Workers Party of Bangladesh six, Hasanul Haque Inu-led Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal five, Bangladesh Tariqat Federation two, Anwar Hossain Manju-led Jatiya Party one, Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) one and independent candidates won in 16 seats.
Of the 234 seats won by the AL lawmakers, the EC did not publish results of Jessore 1 and Jessore 2 constituencies and issued show-cause notices on them. The EC is now examining their responses.
In Laxmipur 1 constituency, Tariqat Secretary General MA Awal won the election with “boat” symbol bagging a total of 49,656 votes. His rival, independent candidate Shafiqul Islam, got 21,859 votes.
Independent candidate Swapan Bhattacharya won the poll in Jessore 5 constituency. He got 78,428 votes while AL-candidate Khan Tipu Sultan got 58,418 votes.
In Gaibandha 1, AL candidate Monjurul Islam Liton bagged 1,18,152 votes. His contender JaPa’s Abdul Kader Khan got 13,044 votes.
In Gaibandha 3, AL aspirant Yunus Ali Sarker won the poll bagging 1,27,563 votes while independent candidate SM Khadimul Islam got 18,204.
Independent candidate Abul Kalam Azad won in Gaibandha 4 constituency bagging 98,546 votes while AL nominee Monwar Hossain Chowdhury got 64, 614 votes.
In Dinajpur 4, AL candidate Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali won the poll getting a total of 1,42,406 votes while his nearest contender, Workers’ Party candidate Enamul Haque Sarkar, got 2,797 votes.
JaPa candidate Muhammad Altaf Ali won the Bogra 7 seat bagging 17,879 votes. His rival Jatiya Party’s (Manju) Aminul Islam got 10,104 votes.
