Rezaul poised to win CCC polls
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Nur Uddin Alamgir and Yasir Silmy
27th January, 2021 11:09:29
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury
CHATTOGRAM: Awami League mayoral candidate M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury was heading towards a landslide victory in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election held on Wednesday.
According to the election results received from 354 polling centres, out of total 735, till 10:00pm, Rezaul got 1,32,785 votes while BNP mayoral candidate Dr Shahadat Hossain bagged only 17,290 votes.
Returning Officer (RO) Md Hasanuzzaman announced the results from the control room on the MA Aziz Stadium premises.
The difference of votes between the two mayoral candidates of the two major political parties was growing larger with the election results coming from centres.