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CANDIDATES-SECURITY-MONEY (with picture)
3 RCC mayoral candidates lose security money
RAJSHAHI, Aug 2, 2018 (BSS)-Three out of total 5 mayoral candidates in last
Monday’s election to Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) have lost their security
deposit.
Syed Amirul Islam, Regional Election Officer and Returning Officer for the
RCC election, here said the three candidates are Habibur Rahman, Shafiqul
Islam and Advocate Murad Murshed.
He said they failed to get one-eighth (31,360) of total cast (2,50,881)
votes. So, they lost their security money worth Taka 20,000 each.
Syed Islam said some 78.66 percent voters exercised their voting rights in
the election.
In the election, Awami League nominated candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton
was elected mayor bagging 1,65,096 votes against his rival BNP nominee
Musaddique Hossain Bulbul who got 77,700 votes.
Islam said the other three mayoral candidates — Shafiqul Islam, Advocate
Murad Murshed and Habibur Rahman- bagged 3,023, 1,051, and 320 votes
respectively.
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