DHAKA: The voting is counting on as it ended in seven postponed constituencies of the 10th parliamentary elections Thursday.  
 
The voting started at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm without any break.  

On January 5, the Election Commission (EC) postponed the voting in 392 polling centers out of 959 in Dinajpuir-4, Kurigram-4, Bogra-7, Gaibandha-3, Gaibandha-4, Jessore-5 and Laxmipur-1 constituencies due to violence.

But the rescheduled poll in two polling centres of Kurigram-4 constituency was postponed again after the High Court ordered in this regard.

Jatiya Party (JP) candidate Ruhul Amin bagged 30,544 votes while his nearest opponent Zakir Hossain of Awami League got 23,946 votes in 104 polling centres out of 106 centres in Kurigram-4 constituency on January 5 national election.

Difference of votes between them is 6,598 and the numbers of voters in these two centres are 7,257.

Vote casting in the two centres was postponed due to violence on January 5 polls.  

The court on Wednesday ordered the postponement for four weeks after the AL candidate pleaded for recasting of votes in several centers.

BDST: 1655 HRS, JAN 16, 2014
Edited by: Golam Rosul, Newsroom Editor/MMA/ [email protected]