AL’s candidate Khairuzzaman Liton wins RCC polls

Awami League mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton was unofficially declared elected in the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election on Monday.

Liton bagged 165,096 votes while his nearest rival Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul of BNP polled 77,700 in all the 138 election centres.

Returning officer Syed Amirul Islam announced the results around 11:45pm.

Earlier, voting in the elections to Rajshahi City Corporation ended amid election boycott, allegations of rigging, ouster of polling agents and other irregularities on Monday.

The balloting that started at 8:00am continued till 4:00 pm.

Awami League’s AHM Khairuzzaman Liton cast his vote at Satellite Town High School around 8:30am.

BNP mayoral candidate Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul refrained from casting his vote protesting irregularities in the city corporation election.

The BNP mayoral candidate took position in front of Islamia College polling centre in the city’s Binodpur area protesting the ouster of the party’s polling agents from different polling stations.

Bulbul also alleged that BNP supporters were obstructed from casting their votes.
He also demanded the presiding officer make public how many ballot papers were there at the centre and threatened not to leave the place until he gets the account of the ballots.

Source: unb