The mayoral candidates backed by the ruling Awami League were leading in Dhaka north, south and Chittagong city corporations until 1am.
The unofficial vote count by the Election Commission showed that Annisul Huq – with 1,91,007 votes – was ahead of BNP-backed Tabith M Awal – who had 1,37,728 votes – in the Dhaka north, from 464 out of 1,093 polling centres.
In Dhaka south, Sayeed Khokon – with 2,61,094 votes – was leading BNP’s Mirza Abbas, who had 1,44,667 votes. Until 1am, the votes cast in 446 out of 889 polling centres were counted in this city corporation under the capital.
In Chittagong, the vote count of 637 out of 719 centres showed that the Awami League’s AJM Nasir Uddin was leading the BNP’s M Manjur Alam by 4,16,234 votes to 2,67,477 votes.
EC officials said the full vote count is likely to take several more hours.
