SYLHET ...................
Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran, the Awami League leader now in prison on corruption charges, rode on a wave of sympathy votes to earn a second stint as Sylhet City mayor.
He won 115,436 votes in the 120 polling centres with a huge lead over his nearest rival.
BNP candidate AFM Kamal finished a distant second with 32,097 votes, according to the latest figure released by the local Election Commission office early Tuesday .
KHULNA ..................
Awami League leader Talukder Abdul Khaleque clinched the mayoral race for Khulna City Corporation, according to unofficial results released early Tuesday.
In the 239 centres, Khaleque scored 157,812 votes, winning a victory over BNP-backed Moniruzzaman Moni by a margin of 25,836 votes.
Khulna divisional deputy election commissioner Mohammad Mohsin Ali declared Khaleque a winner of the mayoral race.
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BARISAL.................
In Barisal, AL leader Shawkat Hossain Hiron was leading the way in 35 centres with 17,886 votes, followed by S Sharfuddin Ahmed Santu of the Progressive Democratic Party with 17,308 votes.
Expelled BNP Ahsan Habib Kamal was the third highest with 10,576 votes in the 35 centres .
RAJSHAHI .....................
In Rajshahi, 14-party candidate Khairuzzaman Liton led the way in the polls in 100 centres with 72,873 votes. His nearest contender pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul was trailing behind at 56,219 votes.
MUNICIPAL WINNERS
Amid the AL rampage, Jahangir Alam pulled one back for BNP when he clinched the first municipal mayoral win as counting finished in Dupchanchia, Bogra.
Dupchanchia Upazila Nirbahi Officer Monirul Huda told reporters that Jahangir won 4,893 votes in the nine polling centres, with his nearest contender Nurul Haque gaining 2,684 votes.
Huda, the returning officer, said that 12,443 or 94.17 percent out of 13,213 voters had cast their votes.
Local AL leaders Reazul Islam Zoarder Toton and Ramzan Ali Zia won the mayoral races in Chuadanga and Manikganj, respectively.
Toton bagged 25,592 votes in Chuadanga's 24 polling centres, beating Abdul Zabbar Sona by 7,097 votes
Returning officer and additional deputy commissioner Md Salahuddin Chowdhury told reporters that Ramzan emerged victorious with 16,208 votes in Manikganj's 23 polling centres. Nasiruddin Ahmed claimed 8,947 votes to finish second.
Two Awami League-backed candidates earlier clinched the mayoral races in Sitakunda and Golapganj municipalities.
Local AL leaders Shafiul Alam and Zakaria Ahmad Paplu won the mayoral seats of Sitakunda in Chittagong, and Golapganj in Sylhet, respectively.
In Sitakunda, Shafiul Alam won 12,170 votes in the 13 polling centres, gaining a landslide win over his nearest contender M Abul Kalam Azad with 4,213 votes.
Sitakunda Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdur Rouf said that 21,287 people or 84.56 percent out of 25,171 registered voters had voted.
In Golapganj, Paplu won 5,421 votes in all nine centres, edging out his nearest contender upazila AL joint secretary Sirajul Jabbar Chowdhury who bagged 3,475 votes.
Golapganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Khalilur Rahman told bdnews24.com that 14,132 or 89.96 percent out 15,710 voters had cast votes.
Six people ran for Dupchanchia mayor, five for Sitakunda and seven for Golapganj.
According to unofficial results, Md Ansur Rahman, backed by the Awami League, won the mayoral race in Sripur Municipality in Gazipur. Md Nurul Islam finished second.
In Fulbaria of Mymensingh, AL leader Golam Kibria won a victory as municipal mayor over his nearest contestant Chan Mahmud, a leader of BNP.
Returning officer Sabirul Islam told reporters that Kibria bagged 3,692 votes followed closely by Chan Mahmud at 3,409.
In Naohata of Rajshahi, AL leader Abdul Gafur clinched 16,606 votes in the 14 centres to become the municipal mayor. BNP leader Makbul Hossain ended up with 8,795 votes in the foray.
In Shariatpur Municipality, AL leader Abdur Rab Munshi roared to a victory in the mayoral race, with BNP leader Nasiruddin Kalu trailing 2,150 votes behind.
Subject: Awami League take it all ...................... 
Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:53 pm
