Pabna-4 by-polls: AL candidate Nuruzzaman wins by over 2 lakh votes
The ruling Awami League's candidate Nuruzzaman Biswas today won in Pabna-4 (Ishwardi-Atghoria) by-election by a huge margin.
Nuruzzaman got 2,39,937 votes while his nearest rival BNP's Habibur Rahman Habib got 5,548 votes and Jatiya Party's candidate Rezaul Karim got 3,158 votes, said Md Abdul Latif, Pabna district election officer and also the returning officer in the by-election.
Nuruzzaman has been declared elected in Pabna-4 by-election, the returning officer said.
A total of 2,50,684 votes were cast out of 3,81,112 voters of 12 unions and two municipalities in Ishwardi and Atghoria upazilas under Pabna-4 constituency, Md Abdul Latif told the Daily Star, adding that 65.78 percent votes were cast in the by-election.
The voting started at around 9:00am today and continued till 5:00pm, according to the returning office.
The Jatiya Sangsad seat for Pabna-4 constituency fell vacant after former AL lawmaker Samsur Rahman Serif Dilu passed away on April 2, so the by-election was held amidst the pandemic.
Awami League have won in Pabna-4 constituency in the last five parliament elections, and has managed to keep the seat by winning in the by-election this time too.
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