KURIGRAM: Jatiya Party contender Dr Akkas Ali Sarkar won the by-polls to Kurigram-3 constituency, according to unofficial results. 

Jatiya Party contender Dr Akkas Ali Sarkar got 82,598 votes and defeated his competitor Awami League candidate Prof MA Matin by 2703 votes.

Voting started around 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm is a peaceful manner.

Voting took place in 159 polling stations in the constituency comprised of one municipality, 12 unions of Ulipur upazila and 4 unions in Chilmari upazila. A total of 363,075 voters were registered under the constituency. 
 
Over 3,000 security personnel were deployed to check violation of code of conduct in the election area. 

BDST: 2140 HRS, JULY 25, 2018
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