AL-backed candidates sweep Barisal Div UP polls

FE Team | Published: April 02, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

BARISAL, Apr 02 (UNB): Union Parishad (UP) elections were held peacefully in 49 unions in seven upazilas (UZ) of four coastal districts of Barisal division barring some stray incidents Saturday. Meanwhile, chairmen candidates backed by ruling Awami League (AL) have won in 123 UP posts out of 191 in Barisal division since polls to the lowest rung of local government began in 12 districts of three divisions in coastal belt Tuesday (March 29). Divisional election office sources said 123 chairmen candidates backed by AL, 52 backed by main opposition party BNP, two backed by Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad), five backed by JP (JP-Manju), one backed by CPB, one backed by Jamaat-e-Islami, one backed by Islami Shashantantra Andolon and six independent candidates declared winners unofficially from March 29 to April 1 (Friday). Polls were held in 13 unions in four districts of Barisal division on Friday. According to the unofficial results of nine UPs in two UZs of Pirojpur and Patuakhali districts, AL backed chairmen candidates won in two UPs in Nazirpur UZ of Pirojpur and two in Kalapara in Patuakhali, while BNP backed candidates bagged three in Nazirpur and two in Kalapara. Results of four other UPs in three other districts of the division including Farashganj UP of Lalmohan UZ, Baro Mainkka UP in Borhanuddin UZ under Bhola district, Sadar UP under Rajapur UZ of Jhalakathi district and Dhulia UP of Bakerganj UZ of Barisal, were withheld and not yet published.