AL’s Sadek wins Barishal city polls

Staff Correspondent, Barishal:  Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah of the ruling Awami League has won the battle of Barishal mayor's office by taking an unassailable lead, bagging eight times more votes than his nearest rival the BNP’s Mazibor Rahman Sarwar.

Sadiq’s boat logo drew 107,353 votes while Sarwar polled 13,135 in 107 of 123 centres, according to results published on Monday.

However, BNP candidates have alleged huge irregularities and vote rigging. BNP mayoral candidate Mujibur Rahman Sarwar and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal candidate Manisha Chakrabarty (Ladder) among others boycotted the election alleging irregularities.


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