He took the seat by a huge margin, bagging 87,246 votes while his nearest rival the BNP’s Abu Sufian polled 17,935. With 107,581 votes cast for total six candidates in the constituency of 474,485, the turnout was around 23 percent. Women queue to vote in Chattogram-8 by-elections at Shakpura Dashbhuja Government Primary School on Monday. Photo: Suman BabuAn explosion was heard outside the voting centre in the Ekhlasur Rahman Government Primary School at Bahaddarhat, shortly after the polls opened. It fell vacant after the death of parliamentarian and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Moinuddin Khan Badal on Nov 7 last year.

Source: bd News24 January 13, 2020 15:11 UTC