Elias Kanchan has won the post of president and Zayed Khan has been elected general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artists Association. The results were announced after the count at 4:30 am on Saturday.
The artistes, who participated from different panels, will now take over the association’s duties for the years 2022-2024.
Among the other posts, Dipjol and Rubel have been elected the Vice Presidents jointly, whereas Symon Sadik will serve as Assistant General Secretary. The Joint Secretary post will be occupied by actress Shahnoor, while Mamnun Emon is the new secretary for culture and sports.
Other members of the executive panel are Anjana, Rozina, Aruna Biswas, Sucharita, Ali Raj, Moushumi and Chunnu from the Misha-Zayed Panel, and Ferdous, Keya, Jasmine and Amit Hasan from the Misha-Zayed panel.
Peerzada Harun is acting as the commissioner in the election of Shilpi Samiti. The other two members are BH Nishan and Bazlur Rashid Chowdhury.
Sohanur Rahman Sohan has been made the Chairman of the Board of Appeal. Members Mohammad Hossain Jamie and Mohammad Hossain.
The Election Commissioner said that the total number of voters in this election is 426. Of these, 365 people voted. The percentage of votes was 85.28 percent.
The election commissioner said the vote was fair.
In the election held from this morning, 44 actors of the Filmmakers’ Association contested in the polls. 428 voters have chosen 22 candidates.
In this election, actor Misha Saudagar was elected as the president and filmmaker Zayed Khan as the general secretary from a panel. Actor Ilyas Kanchan was elected as the president and Nipun Akter as the general secretary of the rival panel.
Zayed Khan, the two-time elected general secretary, lost to Nipun, the winning actress, for the post of general secretary.
Earlier, the election started in a festive atmosphere at the FDC premises from 9:30 am on Friday. From the morning towards the FDC in the name of the crowd of artists and curious crowds. Throughout the day there was a gathering of artists inside, hundreds of people outside. Voting ends at 5:12 pm.
137 voters cast their ballots before the lunch break.
