AL wins 222 seats, independents 62; turnout 41.8pc: CEC
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The Awami League (AL) has won 222 seats out of 298 in the 12th parliamentary election, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said today.
The CEC said this at a media briefing at the Election Commission (EC) media centre in Dhaka.
Out of 300 constituencies, polls to one constituency, Naogaon-2, were postponed following the death of a candidate, he added.
EC will announce the result of another constituency, Mymensingh-3, later as polling of one of the centres was withheld, he mentioned.
The polls of the centre of Mymensingh-3 is scheduled to be held on January 13.
After AL, he said, independent candidates were the most successful in the January 7 election, winning 62 seats.
Jatiya Party won 11 seats while Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers Party, and Bangladesh Kalyan Party won one seat each.
He also informed that a total of 41.8 percent votes was cast in the national election.
Kazi Habibul Awal said the voting in 12th Jatiya Sangsad election was comparatively peaceful.
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