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BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has taken a commanding lead in Cox’s Bazar-1 constituency.
Unofficial results show Salahuddin has secured 102,110 votes in 74 out of 177 polling centres, reports UNB.
His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abdullah Al Faruk received 45,073 votes in the same centres, said Chakaria Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Shaheen Delwar.
Cox’s Bazar-1 constituency comprises Chakaria and Pekua upazilas and has a total of 540,468 registered voters.
Election officials said vote counting in the remaining centres is ongoing, and the figures are unofficial until the final results are declared.