AL candidate wins Sylhet-3 by-poll
Awami League (AL) candidate Habibur Rahman Habib has won the Sylhet-3 by-poll on Saturday beating his nearest rival Atikur Rahman Atik from Jatiya Party by a big margin, reports UNB.
According to the unofficial results, Habib has bagged 89,705 votes in the constituency, consisting of three upazilas including Dakkhin Surma, Fenchuganj and Balaganj, while Atik got only 24,604 votes.
The voting through the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) began at 8:00am in 149 centres and continued till 4:00pm, said regional election officer Foysal Quader.
Deputy commissioner and returning officer Kazi Emdadul Islam estimated that between 30 and 40 per cent voters cast their ballots. The constituency fell vacant after its MP Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury died of Covid-19 on 11 March.
The by-poll was deferred twice due to the massive surge of Covid-19 transmission.