Awami League-backed lawyers' panel has won a landslide victory in the Dhaka Bar Association elections, bagging 21 posts out of 27.

The AL white panel's Md Saidur Rahman Manik has been elected as the president and Md Ayubur Rahman as general secretary for the session 2016-17.

The blue panel of pro-BNP-Jamaat however managed to bag the rest six posts.

Md Shah Alam Khan, chief election commissioner of the bar association, today announced the results of the two-day elections held on February 24 and 25.

The winning candidates from the white panel are: Abu Barak Forhad as vice-president, Abdus Salam Khan as senior assistant general secretary, Md Shahadat Hossain Bhuiyan as assistant general secretary, Ali Ahmed as library affairs secretary, Lucky Akhter as cultural affairs secretary, Abdul Hye Mamun as office secretary and Md Baharul Alam as sports affairs secretary.

On the other hand, from the blue panel Afroza Begum Shelley has been elected as senior vice-president, Abu Bakar Siddiqui as treasurer and Md Shafiqul Islam as social welfare affairs secretary. 

Among the 15 members' posts, white panel bagged 12 and blue panel got three.