BNP leading in most constituencies in Chattogram

Chittagong Bureau

Preliminary results show that candidates of BNP are leading in 16 parliamentary constituencies in Chittagong city and district in the 13th National Parliament election.

Election sources said that BNP candidates, including Barrister Mir Helal, Gias Quader Chowdhury, Ershad Ullah, Aslam Chowdhury, Mustafa Kamal Pasha, Nurul Amin and Sarwar Alamgir, are ahead in most seats.

However, Jamaat candidates Shahjahan Chowdhury and Zahirul Islam are ahead in Chittagong-15 and Chittagong-16 constituencies.

BNP candidate Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury is leading in the Chittagong-4 (Sitakund) constituency. Results from 28 of the 124 polling stations in this constituency showed that Aslam Chowdhury got 33,910 votes. His nearest rival Anwar Siddique of the scale symbol got 14,119 votes.

In Chittagong-9 (Kotwali-Bakaliya) constituency, after counting of votes from 53 out of 121 centres, candidate with the paddy sheaf symbol, Abu Sufian, is leading with 43,881 votes. His rival, Jamaat candidate Dr. Fazlul Haque, has received the same number of 43,881 votes.

BNP candidate Enamul Haque Enam is leading in the Chittagong-12 (Patiya) constituency. So far, Enam has received 49,072 votes in the results of 44 out of 113 centers. His nearest rival Syed Air Mohammad of the candle symbol received 8,830 votes. Jamaat candidate Dr. Faridul Alam received 6,968 votes.

After counting of votes from 27 out of 118 centres in Chittagong-13 (Anowara-Karnaphuli) constituency, Sarwar Jamal Nizam with the paddy sheaf symbol got 30,330 votes. His nearest rival SM Shahjahan with the candle symbol got 9,986 votes and Jamaat candidate Mahmudul Hasan with the scales symbol got 6,949 votes.