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Pro-AL candidates sweep re-election to 8 UZs

Star Report
The Awami League-supported candidates swept the re-elections to eight upazila parishads yesterday.
The polling was held only in those polling centres where the voting were sus pended during the January 22 elections due to various irregularities.
UNB reports: The unofficially elected chairmen included Sirajul Islam Bhuiyan (AL) of Nandail (Mymensingh); Chairperson Mahfuza Khatun (BNP) of Chowhali (Sirajganj); Refayetullah Khan (AIi ofGazaria (Munshiganj); Mohiuddin Bakul and Farida Yasmin Lika (Al.) of Laxmipur Sadar.
I he vice chairmen elected in the polls are Vice Chairperson Tahmina Begum Ripa (AL) of of Nandail (Mymensingh); Jahanara Parveen (AL) of Islampur (Jamalpur); Forkanuddin (AL) ofSandwip (Chittagong); Rebeka Sultana (BNP) of Faridganj (Chandpur); and Habibur Rahman Hares and Ferdous Akter Nila (AL) of Rupganj (N'ganj).
Our correspondent from Mymensingh adds: The re-election was held at four polling centres at Nandail in Mymensingh yesterday.
The polling centres include Chang Badera Govt Primary School, Shcrpur (North) Govt Primary School, Ahudabad Govt Primary School and Imam Hossain High School. I he polling continued from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
AL-backcd chairman candidate Sirajul Islam Bhuiyan won the election with 41679 votes by defeating Abdul Malek Chowdhury’ by a margin of 1881, while Vice Chairperson Tahmina Begum Ripa won by 62141 votes and loser Shahana Aziz got 59468 votes in polls race.
Sakhina, a voter of Shcrpur (North) Govt Primary School centre said she could not cast her vote on January 22 elections due to untoward incidents, but she expressed satisfaction over yesterday polls as the security measures were very effective
Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Nandail Hawlader Rafiqul Bini said the adminis-
tration was successful to hold the reelection in a peaceful manner.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: Voting to the Chowhali Degree College polling centre, which was postponed earlier by election commission for irregularities, was held in a peaceful atmosphere.
Pro BNP candidate Mahfuza Khatun was elected chairperson by 1240 votes, while her nearest rival pro-AL candidate Abu Bakkar Siddiquc got 910 votes.
On the other hand, pro-AL candidate Kamrul Hayder Munna won the polls as vice chairman, while his nearest contestant was Omar Farukh.
A correspondent from Munshiganj adds: Pro AL candidate Refayetullah Khan iota won the Gazaria upazila polls at Shimulia primary school centre by a margin of 730 votes.
Tota bagged 19,983 votes, while his nearest rival Jatiya Party-backed candidate Kalimullah secured 19,253 votes.
The voters expressed satisfaction over the security arrangements as well as holding the elections in a peaceful manner.