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In Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election which took place on Tuesday Syed Ashraful Islam won the election with 18 votes to be the director of the board.
Naimur Rahman Durjoy who took part in the elections from Dhaka division as part of Nazmul Hassan's panel had to remain satisfied with 13 votes.
Syed Ashraful Islam competed with Naimur Rahman and Sheikh Naim in the elections.
MA Awal Bhulu, who was part of the 23-member Nazmul Hassan led panel failed to get himself re-elected, took part in this year's election from the Barisal division.
Alamgir Khan won from Barisal division with six votes while Bhulu got only two votes, says a UNB report.
Earlier, out of the 23 directors, 20, including outgoing BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon, have already been elected unopposed.
The unopposed elected BCB directors are: Category-1: (Divisions & Districts)
Chittagong Division- Akram Khan and AJM Nasiruddin, Sylhet Division-Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, Khulna Division-Kazi Inam Ahmed and Sheikh Sohel, Rajshahi Division- M Saiful Alam Chowdhury, Rangpur Division-Advocate Anwarul Islam.
Category -2 (Clubs)
Afzalur Rahman Sinha, Gazi Golam Mortuza, M Hanif Bhuiyan, M Ismail Haider Mallick, Mohammad Jalal Younus, M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, Mahbubul Anam, Manjur Kader, Najib Ahmed, Nazmul Hassan Papon MP, Shawkat Aziz Russell and Tanjil Chowdhury.
They were elected uncontested as two other candidates -- Enayet Hossain Siraj and Ahmed Sajjadul Alam Bobby -- withdrew from the race.
Both of them are going to be the BCB directors under National Sports Council quota as per revised constitution of BCB.
Category-3 (Services Division) - Khaled Mahmud Sujon.