Bangladesh Awami League nominated candidate freedom fighter M Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has been elected mayor in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election held on Wednesday (Jan 28).
Rezaul with ‘Boat’ symbol bagged 3,69,248 votes from 733 voting centres while his nearest BNP-backed mayoral candidate Dr Shahdat Hossain managed 52,489 votes with ‘Paddy Sheaf’ symbol from the same centres.
The Returning Officer of Chattogram City polls Mohammad Hasanuzzaman declared the unofficial result of the mayoral race last night, local media reported.
A total of seven mayoral candidates, 229 councillors were contesting in the polls in 41 wards of CCC.
