Jamaat secures 6 Dhaka constituencies

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance won more than 70 seats nationwide. Of the 20 constituencies in Dhaka, lone Jamaat candidates won six seats.
In Dhaka-4, Jamaat candidate Zainul Abedin was declared elected, winning by a margin of nearly 3,000 votes. He secured 77,367 votes, while his nearest rival, BNP candidate Tanvir Ahmed, received 74,447 votes.
In Dhaka-5, Jamaat candidate Mohammad Kamal Hossain received 96,641 votes, while his nearest rival, BNP candidate Md Nabi Ullah, secured 87,491 votes, resulting in a victory margin of 9,150 votes.
In Dhaka-12, a key constituency in the capital, Jamaat candidate Saiful Alam Milon won by a margin of 22,180 votes, securing 53,773 votes. His nearest rival, a BNP-led alliance candidate and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh,
received 30,963 votes.
In Dhaka-14, Jamaat candidate Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem was elected with 101,113 votes, while his nearest rival, BNP candidate Sanzida Islam, received 83,323 votes.
In Dhaka-15, Jamaat Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman won the seat with 85,131 votes, while his BNP rival, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, secured 63,517 votes – a margin of 21,614 votes.
In Dhaka-16, Jamaat candidate Abdul Baten won the seat with 88,828 votes, while his nearest rival, BNP candidate Aminul Haque, received 85,467 votes.