Magura-1 by-polls underway

Magura Correspondent: The voting of by-election to Magura-1 parliamentary constituency began at 8.00am and will continue till 4.00pm.

Four candidates including one nominated by the ruling Awami League are taking part in the polls.

However, no candidate from the BNP-led 20-party alliance is contesting the election.

The four aspirants are AL’s Maj Gen (retd) MA Wahab, independent candidate and former mayor of Magura Municipality Tapan Kumar Roy, National People`s Party nominee Kazi Towhidul Islam and Bangladesh Nationalist Front’s AKM Motasin Billa.  

The Magura-1 constituency fell vacant after the demise of the ruling AL lawmaker Dr Sirajul Akbar on March 9.

The EC, later, announced the election schedule on April 20 setting May 30 the date of holding the by-election.

risingbd/Magura/May 30, 2015/Anwar Shahin/Mukul