BANGLADESH

Ivy wins Narayanganj city Corporation polls for third consecutive term

Awami League-nominated mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has made hat-trick winning in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election unofficially.

Ivy bagged 161,273 votes with the ‘boat’ symbol in 192 centres and independent candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker got 92,171 votes with the ‘elephant’ symbol, according to local news media.

The voting started at 8am Sunday (16 January) in 192 polling centres in 27 wards of the city and continued till 4pm without any break.

No untoward situation or clash was reported in any polling centre.

Earlier in the day, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar termed NCC poll as one of the best elections held under the commission expressing satisfaction.

According to EC Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker, it is estimated that 50% of the votes were cast in the election.

However, many voters faced difficulties while using the electronic voting machines in a few polling centres.

Besides, people were seen violating health guidelines in the polling centres posing risk of rising in Covid-19 infections.

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