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 The AL charge was led by none other than the embattled Badaruddin Ahmed Kamran, the former Sylhet City mayor now in prison on corruption charges, who rode on a wave of sympathy votes to earn a second stint.
He won 115,436 votes in the 120 polling centres with a huge lead over his nearest rival BNP candidate AFM Kamal who finished a distant second with 32,097 votes, according to the latest figure released by the local Election Commission office early Tuesday.
Awami League leader Talukder Abdul Khaleque clinched the mayoral race for Khulna City Corporation.
In the 239 centres, Khaleque scored 157,812 votes, winning a victory over BNP-backed Moniruzzaman Moni by a margin of 25,836 votes.
Khulna divisional deputy election commissioner Mohammad Mohsin Ali declared Khaleque the winner of the mayoral race.
Khairuzzaman Liton, backed by the AL-focused 14-party alliance, finished the mayoral race in the polls to 129 centres of Rajshahi City Corporation.
He came out victorious with 88,360 votes, edging out his nearest contender Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, a Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader, at 74,550 votes.
A nervy Shawkat Hossain Hiron, who cried foul play by intelligence agents at a hurriedly-called press conference early Tuesday after he saw his lead suddenly erode, won the Barisal City Corporation elections.
The Awami League leader polled 46,796 votes, 588 more than his nearest contender S Sharfuddin Ahmed Santu of Progressive Democratic Party who bagged 46,208 ballots.
Hiron had rushed the news briefing to blame the government for what he feared to be an imminent defeat.
"My victory has been snatched," he said.
Hiron accused intelligence agents of tampering with the balloting in up to eight centres where he failed to win.
MUNICIPAL WINNERS
Amid the AL rampage, Jahangir Alam pulled one back for BNP when he clinched the first municipal mayoral win as counting finished in Dupchanchia, Bogra.
Dupchanchia Upazila Nirbahi Officer Monirul Huda told reporters that Jahangir won 4,893 votes in the nine polling centres, with his nearest contender Nurul Haque gaining 2,684 votes.
Huda, the returning officer, said that 12,443 or 94.17 percent out of 13,213 voters had cast their votes.
Local AL leaders Reazul Islam Zoarder Toton and Ramzan Ali Zia won the mayoral races in Chuadanga and Manikganj, respectively.
Toton bagged 25,592 votes in Chuadanga's 24 polling centres, beating Abdul Zabbar Sona by 7,097 votes
Returning officer and additional deputy commissioner Md Salahuddin Chowdhury told reporters that Ramzan emerged victorious with 16,208 votes in Manikganj's 23 polling centres. Nasiruddin Ahmed claimed 8,947 votes to finish second.
Two Awami League-backed candidates earlier clinched the mayoral races in Sitakunda and Golapganj municipalities.
Local AL leaders Shafiul Alam and Zakaria Ahmad Paplu won the mayoral seats of Sitakunda in Chittagong, and Golapganj in Sylhet, respectively.
In Sitakunda, Shafiul Alam won 12,170 votes in the 13 polling centres, gaining a landslide win over his nearest contender M Abul Kalam Azad with 4,213 votes.
Sitakunda Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdur Rouf said that 21,287 people or 84.56 percent out of 25,171 registered voters had voted.
In Golapganj, Paplu won 5,421 votes in all nine centres, edging out his nearest contender upazila AL joint secretary Sirajul Jabbar Chowdhury who bagged 3,475 votes.
Golapganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer Khalilur Rahman told bdnews24.com that 14,132 or 89.96 percent out 15,710 voters had cast votes.
Six people ran for Dupchanchia mayor, five for Sitakunda and seven for Golapganj.
According to unofficial results, Md Ansur Rahman, backed by the Awami League, won the mayoral race in Sripur Municipality in Gazipur. Md Nurul Islam finished second.
In Fulbaria of Mymensingh, AL leader Golam Kibria won a victory as municipal mayor over his nearest contestant Chan Mahmud, a leader of BNP.
Returning officer Sabirul Islam told reporters that Kibria bagged 3,692 votes followed closely by Chan Mahmud at 3,409.
In Naohata of Rajshahi, AL leader Abdul Gafur clinched 16,606 votes in the 14 centres to become the municipal mayor. BNP leader Makbul Hossain ended up with 8,795 votes in the foray.
In Shariatpur Municipality, AL leader Abdur Rab Munshi roared to a victory in the mayoral race, with BNP leader Nasiruddin Kalu trailing 2,150 votes behind. Source: bdnews24.com
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