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Re-polling today in 7 constituencies

Staff Correspondent
Re-elections will be held in 390 polling centres in seven constituencies across the country today, as voting had to be postponed there due to violence on January 5.
These constituencies are Dinajpur-4, Gaibandha-1, 3 and 4, Bogra-7, Jessore-5 and Laxmipur-1.
One other constituency, Iurigram-4, was supposed go to the polls today. The polls were postponed following a High Court order yesterday.
Meanwhile, the BNP-led 18-party combine, which had been staying out of the polls, called a daylong hartal in Bogra's Gabtoli upazila (Bogra-7) for today.
The elections are being contested by 16 candidates. Of them, six are nominated by ruling Awami League, two by Jatiya Party, two by Jatiya Party (Manju), one by Workers Party of Bangladesh and one by Bangladesh Tarikat Federation. The other four are independent candidates.
The eight constituencies have 959 poll- ing stations. Of them, 390 will go to the polls today, with the number of voters being 10,25,272. Voting in the rest of the centres was held on January 5.
In Dinajpur- 4 constituency, AL-nominated candidate Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali is running ahead with 68,088 votes. His rival candidate Enamul Haque Sarker of Workers Party has 1,380 votes.
In Kurigram-4, Ruhul Amin of JP (Manju) won 30,544 votes, while his rival Zakir Hossain of AL 23,946 votes.
AL candidate Manjurul Islam Liton is keeping ahead with 68,993 votes in Gaibandha-1, while his competitor Abdul Quader Khan of JP got 8,386 votes. In Gaibandha-3, AL's Yunus Ali Sarker bagged 70,664 votes, and his rival independent candidate Khademul Islam Khudi 12,781 votes.
In Gaibandha-4, independent candidate Abul Kalam Azad polled 59,862 votes, whereas Monowar Hossain of AL 18,806 votes.
In Bogra-7, Altaf Ali of the Jatiya Party tallied 7,043 votes. ATM Aminul of the Jatiya Party faction led by Anwar Hossain Manju got 3,175 votes.
In Jessore 5, AL's Khan Tipu Sultan counted 30,531 votes, while independent candidate Swapan Bhattacharya 18,331 votes.
In Laxmipur-1, Bangladesh Tariqat Federation's MA Awal with the election symbol "boat" bagged 32,057 votes, and independent candidate Shafiqul Islam won 20,911.
Meanwhile, the EC has stepped up security in the electoral areas to stave off trouble. The number of law enforcers deployed in each of the polling stations has been almost doubled this time.
A team of more than 30 police and Ansar members will be deployed in each of the polling stations. As many as 132 mobile forces and 43 strike forces composed of police, APBn and Ansar members, and 82 teams of Rab members and 82 teams of BGB members will be deployed at the eight constituencies.
I n addition, the army will stay at the ready as a striking force at the constituencies until January 19.
"We have increased the number of law enforcers in the polling stations to avert violence," Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz told reporters at his office yesterday.
As many as 153 candidates were earlier elected unopposed. Voting was held in 139 constituencies on January 5.
The Election Commission yesterday evening postponed re-election to Kurigram-4 constituency as per the direction of the High Court.
Zakir Hussain, AL-nominated candidate of the constituency, filed a petition with the court demanding re-election at seven polling centres in the constituency, while the EC had decided to hold it in two.
An HC bench yesterday stayed the re-election for four weeks following the petition. As such, the commission directed the Kurigram-4 returning officer to act accordingly.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said yesterday evening that they have directed the law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order so that the reelections go smoothly.
"We have directed them to remain alert and resist any kind of post-polls violence," he told reporters at the EC Secretariat.