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The Awami League secures wins in five out of six seats in the district
Awami League candidates, including former minister Nurul Islam Nahid, have won five out of six constituencies in Sylhet.
Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, a former BNP leader and incumbent chairman of the Trinamool BNP, came in third in Nahid’s Sylhet-6 seat in the national polls held on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
According to unofficial results, Nahid bagged 57,758 votes while Shamsher polled 10,000 votes.
Second-placed independent candidate Sarwar Hossain, former president of the Awami League’s overseas unit in Canada, got 39,488 votes.
Masuk Uddin Ahmad, the Awami League candidate for Sylhet-5, lost to independent aspirant Maulana Husam Uddin Chowdhury.
The other winners in Sylhet are Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen of Sylhet-1, Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury of Sylhet-2, Habibur Rahman of Sylhet-3, and Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad of Sylhet-4.