The first phase Upzilla Parishad election was held on Wednesday.
Returning Officers and District Election Officers of various districts announced
the winners in the chairman posts unofficially on Wednesday night.
According to the reports, in Joypurhat district, Minfuzur
Rahman Milon in Kalai upazila, Dulal Mia Sardar in Khetlal and Mokshed Ali
Mandal in Akkelpur upazila were elected as chairmen. Upazila Awami League
senior vice-president and former upazila chairman Amjad Hossain Lavlu won
the post of chairman in Manirampur upazila of Jashore. Upazila Awami League
vice-president Roma Akhter won in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria and
former general secretary of Jubo League M Sher Alam Mia won in Sarail
upazila. In Kurigram, Md Rukunuzzaman Shahin bagged the chairman's post in
Chilmari, Md Shahidul Islam Shalu in Roumari upazila and Md Shafiul Alam
in Char Rajibpur upazila. Elections were held in 3 out of 5 upazilas of
Gopalganj district. Bimal Krishna Biswas won in Kotalipara upazila, Md
Babul Sheikh in Tungipara upazila and Md Kamruzzaman Bhuiyan won in
Gopalganj Sadar upazila. In the published results, Md Shariful Islam Ramzan in
Sadar upazila of Natore and Rabiul Islam in Naldanga upazila were elected
as chairman unofficially. Earlier, Delwar Hossain was elected unopposed
for the post of chairman in Singra Upazila Parishad elections. Khan Shamim
Rahman has been elected chairman in Kalia upazila of Narail district.
District Awami League leader Advocate Avnimohan Das and
Upazila Awami League general secretary Pradeep Roy have been elected as
chairman in Dirai and Shalla upazilas of Sunamganj respectively. In Feni,
Upazila Awami League general secretary and former chairman of Anandapur
Union Harun Majumder has been elected as the new chairman of Fulgazi
Upazila Parishad. According to the district election officer's office, as there
were no rival candidates, against FF Firoz Mazumder, former president of
Upazila Awami League and adviser of the district Awami League, he was
elected as the new chairman of Parshuram unopposed. Professor Sirajul
Mostafa Talukder won in Matlab South Upazila Parishad election in Chandpur
and Mohammad Manik Darji won in Matlab North upazila. Independent candidate
Abdul Quddus was elected unofficially in Bandarban Sadar and in Alikadam
Upazila Parishad Upazila Awami League President Jamal Uddin was elected in
Alikadam Upazila in unofficial results.
Raripara Union Jubo League President Mehedi Hasan Babu has
been elected as chairman in Bagerhat's Kachua Upazila Parishad elections.
Meanwhile, Rampal Upazila Awami League general secretary Sheikh Moazzem
Hossain has bagged the post of chairman for the second time. Also, in
Bagerhat Sadar upazila, District Jubo League President Sardar Nasir Uddin
won unopposed. Upazila Awami League General Secretary Mansur Ahmed Khan Jinnah
has been unofficially elected for the post of chairman in Gazaria upazila
of Munshiganj. In Dinajpur, Alhaj Mohammad Parvez Kabir has won in
Birampur upazila, Kamal Hossain Raj in Hakimpur upazila and Kazi Shubo
Rahman Chowdhury in Ghoraghat upazila.
