Cumilla city polls: AL mayoral candidate ahead in 72 centres

Arfanul Haque, the Awami League-backed mayoral candidate in the Cumilla City Corporation elections, is leading in 72 centres as the vote-counting began at 4:00 pm today (June 15, 2022).
In the afternoon, the counting began at the Cumilla Shilpakala Academy after the voting ended, reports our Cumilla correspondent.
Till 8:00pm, Arfanul bagged 33,793 votes in 72 polling centres while his rival independent candidate Monirul Haque Sakku got 32,322 votes.
On the other hand, another mayoral candidate Nizamuddin Kaiser bagged 17,788 votes in 72 centres.
There are 229,920 voters in the Cumilla City Corporation election. Of them, 117,092 are women, 112, 826 men and two are members of the third gender community.
A total of five candidates are vying for the mayoral post, 106 for councillor posts and 36 for the post of reserved seats for women councillors.
The election was held through Electronic Voting Machines at 105 centres under 27 wards.
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