AL candidate wins in Chattogram-8 by-polls

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CHATTOGRAM, Jan 13, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League nominated candidate Moslem Uddin Ahmed has been elected in the Jatiya Sangsad by-elections of Chattogram-8 seat by defeating his nearest rival candidate Abu Sufian.

Moslem Uddin Ahmed bagged 87,246 votes and his nearest rival candidate Abu Sufian of BNP got 17,935 votes.

Returning Officer Md Hasanuzzaman announced the results from all 170 polling stations at a control room at MA Aziz Stadium this evening after the daylong voting.

The constituency fell vacant following the death of Moin Uddin Khan Badal, executive president of a faction of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasod), who died at a hospital in India on November 7 last at the age of 67.