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By-polls: Awami League wins Bogra Sadar seat first time since 1973
EVMs were used in the elections, but the EC did not install CCTV cameras in the polling centres.
By-elections to six constituencies ended without any major untoward incident on Wednesday, but voter turnout was very thin, according to Election Commission officials.
The six constituencies which went to polls are Thakurgaon-3, Bogra-4 and 6, Chapainawabganj 2 and 3, and Brahmanbaria-2.
Electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used in the elections, but the EC did not install CCTV cameras in the polling centres.
Ruling Awami League's Ragebul Ahsan Ripu won the Bogra-4 (Sadar) constituency by bagging 49,336 votes against independent candidate Abdul Mannan Akanda.
Ripu is the first Awami League candidate to win the seat after 1973.
In Bogra-4 seat, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD) candidate AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen defeated his closest rival, Ashraful Islam Alam alias Hero Alam, by 800 votes.
In Thakurgaon-3, Jatiya Party's Hafiz Uddin Ahmed defeated the Awami League's rebel candidate Gopal Chandra Roy by around 34,000 votes. Returning Officer Shahtabuddin announced the results.
In Brahmanbaria-2, Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, former adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, again won Brahmanbaria-2 by-elections as an independent candidate. He secured 40,817 votes, while his closest rival Abdul Hamid Bhasani got 9,500 votes.
District Returning Officer and District Commissioner Shahgir Alam announced the results.
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By-polls: Awami League wins Bogra Sadar seat first time since 1973
EVMs were used in the elections, but the EC did not install CCTV cameras in the polling centres
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