Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday. Workers' Party candidate Png Eng Huat, a 50-year-old businessman, won 62 percent of about 21,700 votes cast in Hougang district while PAP candidate Desmond Choo received 38 percent, election officials said. The PAP still controls 81 of ...
Read more ›BNP secretary general Khandakar Delwar Hossain on Friday said there was no reflection of people's wishes on the Upazila election, unlike the national election. He also alleged the balloting to the local government body was a 'big fraud'. Hinting at the low turnout, Delwar said, "People did not turn up in the Upazila election because they know they vote for symbol but another symbol wins," he said at a dis ...
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EC slams ruling party for misusing offices, controlling administration; tells of violence, ballot-stuffing, seizing polling stations by AL men; decides to probe low turnout reason. Police arrested this assistant presiding officer for casting fake votes at Maruadi Govt Primary School centre in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj. Inset, ballots with fake votes. Photo: Focus BanglaShakhawat Liton and Shariful I ...
Read more ›Dhaka, Jan 23 (bdnews24.com) – Results from 295 of 475 Upazila polled show a massive victory for ruling Awami League-backed candidates who have run away with 183 chairman seats in Thursday's local body elections. ...
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