Boat candidate Mahbubur Rahman’s victory in Cox’s Bazar municipality

 For the first time in Cox’s Bazar municipal election, the boat candidate won the victory by EVM system. In the unofficial results, Awami League candidate Mahabubur Rahman Chowdhury (boat symbol) was elected mayor with a margin of 3 thousand 363 votes. Voting started at 8 am last Monday and ended at 4 pm. Later, Municipal Election Returning Officer and District Election Officer SM Shahadat Hossain started announcing the results at Cox’s Bazar Public Library auditorium around 7:30 p.m. In the unofficial results, Mahabubur Rahman Chowdhury of Noach got 28 thousand 62 votes. His closest rival is independent (rebel) candidate Masedul Haque Rashed. (coconut tree) received 24 thousand 699 votes. According to the announced results, Jagdish Barua (helmet) got 4 thousand 168 votes, Islami Oikya Front’s Md. Zahedur Rahman (hand fan) 1 thousand 442 votes and Josna Haque, wife of Masedul Haque Rashed, among the other 3 candidates for the post of mayor. (Mobile phone) received 698 votes. Awami League candidate Mahabubur Rahman Chowdhury thanked the voters and the Prime Minister after being privately elected to the post of mayor. Along with that, he promised to implement the election promise in stages. According to the sources of District Election Office, 59 thousand 306 people exercised their right to vote in the June 12 election out of 95 thousand 811 voters. The polling rate is 62.55%. Among them, 227 votes have been declared invalid due to various irregularities. 78 candidates including five mayoral candidates, reserved women and general councilors were in the election battle. Also, those who won the councilor post in this year’s municipal election are SI Aktar Kamal Azad in Ward No. 2, Mizanur Rahman in Ward No. 3, Aminul Islam Mukul in Ward No. 3. Ward No. 4 – Ehsan Ullah, Ward No. 5 – Sahab Uddin Sikder, Ward No. 6 – Omar Siddique Lalu, Ward No. 7 – Osman Sarwar Tipu, Ward No. 8 – Rajbihari Das, Ward No. 9 – Helal Uddin Kabir, Ward No. 10. – Saladin Setu, in Ward No. 11 – Noor Mohammad Majhu and in Ward No. 12 – MA Manzoor. Also, reserved women councilors won in (1, 2, 3) Wards – Shahena Akhter Pakhi, in (4, 5, 6) Wards – Yachmin Akhtar. , (7, 8, 9) Ward – Zaheda Akhter, (10, 11, 12) Ward – Nachima Akhter Bakul. Returning Officer and District Election Officer of Municipal Election SM Shahadat Hossain said, for the first time in Cox’s Bazar Municipality, this EVM election was completed smoothly. has been CC cameras are installed in every polling station. Elections were held in a fair and peaceful environment at all polling stations.