DHAKA: The counting of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) polls is underway and the unofficial results have started coming to banglanews newsroom early Wednesday.
According to the unofficial results from 464 out of 1,093 poll centers, ruling Awami League (AL)-supported candidate Anisul Haque with the symbol of ‘Table Clock’ bags 191,007 and BNP-endorsed Tabith Awal with the symbol of ‘Bus’ gets 137,728.
DNCC chief returning officer Shah Alam from his make-shift poll office at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre announced the result till filling this report.
Of total 2,345,374 voters in 48 wards of DNCC, 1,224,701 are male and 1,120,673 female voters.
A total of 281 general councilors, 89 reserved councilors and 16 mayoral candidates are vying in the DNCC elections.
Earlier in the day, voting of DSCC, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls started at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm amid reported stray incidents of violence, alleging and counter alleging and quitting elections by BNP and some other parties.
BDST: 2200 HRS, APR 28, 2015/0100 HRS APR 29
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