The results of 330 centres in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) elections have been announced unofficially.
The returning officer of the elections Md Faridul Islam announced the result at Bongotaj Auditorium in Gazipur Zilla Parishad Bhabon at around 12:15am on Friday.
According to the result, independent mayoral candidate Zayeda Khatun with table clock symbol is ahead of Awami-League (AL) nominated Azmat Ullah Khan. Zayeda secured 172,181 votes while Azmat bagged 154,466 in 330 out of 480 centers.
According to the EC, there are a total 1,179,476 voters in Gazipur City Corporation: 592,762 male, 586,696 female and 18 transgender. With 57 general and 19 reserved wards, the city corporation has a total of 480 centres and 3,497 polling booths.
This time, 333 candidates are contesting in the polls; of them eight in mayoral posts, 79 in reserved councilor and 246 in councilor posts.