Khaleque defeated his nearest rival Moulana Abdul Awal of Islami
Andolan Bangladesh by a huge margin of votes.
Returning Officer (RO) Md. Alauddin announced the unofficial
results tonight (Monday) after counting votes of all 289 polling centres at the
District Shilpokola Academy Auditorium control room in the city.
Talukder Abdul Khaleque bagged 1,54,825 votes with his party's
symbol of 'Boat' while his nearest rival candidate Moulana Abdul Awal got
60,064 votes with the symbol of 'Hand fan'.
"A total of 2,56,433 voters, out of 5,35,522, exercised
their franchise in the KCC polls and the percentage of casting votes was around
47.89," the RO added.
The veteran politician Talukder Abdul Khaleque also won in 2008
and 2018 respectively. (BSS)
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