Cox’s Bazar Bar Association Election: Awami League-Backed Candidates Win Majority With Seven Posts

BD Digest Report

Pro-Awami League lawyers have secured a majority in the annual elections of the Cox’s Bazar District Bar Association, winning seven out of 17 positions.

Of the remaining positions, pro-BNP candidates were elected in four and pro-Jamaat candidates in six.

As a result, this year’s election has seen an equal spread of influence among the three panels.

The results were announced at around 2:30 am on Saturday. Voting was held in two centers from 9 am to 3 pm.

However, the Awami League-backed Combined Lawyers Coordination Council was unable to participate in the 2025 elections.

But even then, two pro-Awami lawyers who stood independently won. And pro-BNP candidates won nine positions, including the president and general secretary. The pro-Jamaat panel won six positions, including the senior vice president.

And in this year’s election, the two centers were the Cox’s Bazar District Bar Association Building and the Chakaria Upazila Chowki Court Building.

After the voting, Chief Election Commissioner Md. Ahmed Kabir announced the results after completing the counting.

There were a total of 948 voters in the association. Of these, 892 exercised their right to vote. The pro-BNP Nationalist Lawyers Forum, the pro-Awami League Combined Lawyers Coordination Council and the pro-Jamaat Lawyers Unity Council fielded separate panels in the election. There were a total of 50 candidates for 17 positions.

Md. Abdul Mannan, who was the candidate of the pro-BNP panel, won the post of president. The pro-Jamaat candidate came second and the pro-Awami League candidate came third.

Mohammad Akhtar Uddin Helali of the pro-Jamaat panel was elected as the general secretary. The pro-Awami candidate came second and the pro-BNP candidate came third.

Mohammad Abdullah was elected as vice-president, Shawkat Osman as library and information technology secretary, and Azizul Karim as executive member from the pro-BNP panel.

From the pro-Jamaat panel, Abdul Bari won the post of Senior Vice President, Ziauddin Mahmud won the post of Joint General Secretary (General), Mohammad Nezamul Haque and AKM Shahjalal Chowdhury won the post of Senior Executive Member, and SM Jasim won the post of Executive Member.

From the pro-Awami League panel, Md. Mohiuddin was elected as the joint general secretary (accounts), Mohammad Ridwan Ali as the hospitality secretary, Nahida Khanam as the sports and cultural secretary, Iqbalur Rashid Amin and Ziauddin Ahmed as the senior executive members, and Parveen Sultana and Sekab Uddin as the executive members.

After announcing the results, Chief Election Commissioner Md. Ahmed Kabir said that the voting was completed in a peaceful environment and the candidates expressed satisfaction with it.