N'ganj councillor polls: Slain Nazrul`s wife Selina wins

bdnews24.com :Selina Islam Beauty, the wife of slain Narayanganj City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam, has won the Ward-2 councillor election by a big margin.The ward’s councillor post fell vacant after thedeath of Awami League supporter Nazrul in April. After presiding officers of all polling centres finalised counting votes, Returning Officer Md Tarifuzzaman announced the results on Saturday evening.According to the unofficial results, Beauty with poll logo ‘lion’ bagged 5,266 votes and her rival Iqbal Hossain running with ‘apple’ secured 1,961 votes. Another candidate Masum Rana got only 667 votes.Iqbal is the joint secretary of the BNP’s Siddhirganj unit.Of the total 16, 729 voters, 7,956 cast their vote on Saturday. Forty-four of them were cancelled and eight ballot papers were missing, election officials said.During the balloting that started from 8am and ended at 4pm, there were no reports of trouble.The district’s election officer Md Tarifuzzaman said the polls were free and fair amid heavy presence of personnel from BGB, RAB and police.Narayanganj City Corporation’s Ward No 2 comprises Siddhirganj’s Mijmiji, Painadi, Mouchak, Natun Moholla, Abdul Ali Pool, Hirajhil, Mujibbagh and Mitali Market areas. The schedule for this ward’s councillor election was announced on July 14, after Awami League supporter Nazrul’s death.