Awami League wins contentious Bangladesh by-poll
April 25th, 2010 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANSDhaka, April 25 (IANS) The ruling Awami League Sunday won a key by-election in southern Bangladesh amidst protests from main opposition that the poll had been rigged.
The Election Commission declared Awami League candidate Nurrunnabi Chowdhury Shawon winner for Bhola-3 constituency, according to Star Online, the website of The Daily Star.
Shawon secured 93,873 votes while his opponent, Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed bagged 42,158.
Ahmed called the outcome a “burial of democracy”.
According to the announcement, a total 137,552 votes were cast in 77 centres out of 86 in the constituency. The number of total voters was 234,926.
The EC Saturday suspended polling at nine centres because of allegations that ballot boxes had been stuffed with spurious votes and other anomalies.
Re-polling at the suspended centres is not required as the margin of victory was greater than the 31,566 voters registered at those stations, the returning officer said.
The polling had been marred by clashes. The BNP had at one stage demanded deferment of the poll. Chief Election Commissioner A.T.M. Shamsul Huda, however, terming the voting “by and large free and fair”.
- Bhola-3 by-poll ends in Bangladesh (Lead) - Apr 24, 2010
- Voting under way in violence-hit Bangladesh constituency - Apr 24, 2010
- Bangladesh opposition fares well in polls - Jan 28, 2011
- Re-poll ordered in five Tamil Nadu constituencies - Apr 14, 2011
- Re-polling ends in Tamil Nadu - Apr 16, 2011
- EC orders re-poll on seven booths in Tamil Nadu, two in Kerala - Apr 14, 2011
- Chittagong loss creates rift in Bangladesh's ruling Awami League - Jun 19, 2010
- About 70 percent voting in Andhra by-polls (Third Lead) - May 08, 2011
- All set for vote counting in Telangana by-polls - Jul 29, 2010
- BJD wins in Odisha - Mar 21, 2012
- Goa skips siesta to vote, turnout over 80 percent (Night Lead) - Mar 03, 2012
- Over 65 percent voting in Andhra by-polls (Second Lead) - May 08, 2011
- Kerala re-poll ends, police guard voting machines - Apr 16, 2011
- Second phase of Bihar polls begins - Oct 24, 2010
- Election campaign for fourth phase of polls ends in Bihar - Oct 30, 2010
Tags: ahmed, allegations, anomalies, awami league, ballot boxes, bangladesh nationalist party, bnp, chief election commissioner, clashes, constituency, daily star, dhaka, ec, election commission, margin of victory, opponent, protests, returning officer, shamsul, southern bangladesh