Mashrafe wins election by landslide

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh ODI cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was elected unofficially by a huge margin from Narail-2 constituency in the 11^th parliamentary elections held on Sunday (December 30).

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed announced the unofficial results of the constituency on Sunday night.

As a ruling Awami League candidate, Mashrafe bagged 271,210 votes with ‘boat’ symbol while his nearest contestant Fariduzzaman Farhad secured 7,883 votes with the ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol.


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