DHAKA: The Election Commission unofficially has declared ruling Awami League-backed Annisul Huq mayor of the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Wednesday.

According to unofficial results of DNCC polls, Annisul Huq (table clock symbol) bagged 460,117 votes while BNP-supported Tabith Awal (bus symbol) was trailing far behind with 325,080 in his share of the vote of his hometown in all 1,093 polling centers.

DNCC chief returning officer Shah Alam declared the unofficial result at his make-shift poll office at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city.
 
There are a total of 36 wards in DNCC. There are a total 2,345,374 voters in the DNCC. 1,224,701 are male and 1,120,673 female voters.

Some 268 teams of RAB, 100 platoons of BGB, 268 joint team of police, coast guard and Ansar, and seven platoons of Coast Guard were posted for three city corporations.
 
Besides, some 66 teams comprising police, APBn and Ansar were on duty as striking force in the poll areas.

Executive Magistrates and Judicial Magistrates have also been deployed.

A number of local and foreign observers along with a large number of journalists have observed the election process.  

Addressing a post-poll press brief on Tuesday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said that the polls in three city corporations of Dhaka and Chittagong have been held fairly and peacefully except some stray incidents.

However, ruling Awami League’s political rival BNP boycotted the city polls on ground of massive vote rigging and attacking on their polling agents.

BNP standing committee member Maudud Ahmed, on behalf of the party, announced the boycotting at a press brief at its Nayapaltan central office in the middle of the voting around 11:45 on Tuesday.

BDST: 0710 HRS/0840 HRS, APR 29, 2015
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