Mohammad A Arafat, the candidate of Awami League nominated boat symbol, has been elected privately by getting 28 thousand 816 votes in the by-election of Dhaka-17 seat.
His closest rival Ektara Prateek independent candidate Ashraful Alam aka Hero Alam got 55 thousand 609 votes in this constituency with the total number of voters in 124 centers 3 lakh 25 thousand 205.
Voting started from 8 am on Monday (July 17) and continued till 4 pm. After the polling, the counting continued at 4 pm. Munir Hossain Khan announced the results of the polls at night.
Plow symbol Nit Jatiya Party Sikdar Anisur Rahman 1 thousand 328 votes, Golap flower symbol Nita Zaker Party Md. Rashidul Hasan 923 votes, Trinamool BNP Sheikh Habibur Rahman 202 votes in Sonali Ansh symbol, cultural freedom fighter Md. Akhtar Hossain 64 votes, Md. Tarekul Islam Bhuya truck symbol 52 votes and dub symbol of Bangladesh Congress. Rezaul Islam Swapan got 43 votes while truck symbol candidate Md. Tarekul Islam Bhuya boycotted the vote.
The total number of votes cast in this election is 37 thousand 420 and the voter turnout is 11.51 percent. 37 thousand 37 are valid votes and 383 votes are cancelled.
Dhaka North City Corporation's O'Dr No. 15, 18, 19, 20 and Dhaka-17 constituencies are formed in Dhaka Cantonment area. The ballot paper has been voted in this election. The election commissioners monitored the CCTV polls from the election building.
Recently, when the member of parliament and screenwriter Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooq died, the seat was declared vacant by the Parliament Secretariat.
