![]() ![]() Some 153 candidates were elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary election on January 5, 2014, when the BNP-led 18-party alliance boycotted the polls. This has been a common scenario in almost every election over the past decade or so. Meanwhile, elections to the chairman posts in 369 UPs were not required as candidates were elected unopposed of them, 368 were AL ticket holders. Party insiders said most of the winning independents were disgruntled AL leaders who contested after failing to get party nominations. ![]() The unofficial results of 4,027 UPs in seven phases showed that the ruling party nominees for chairman won in 2,172 UPs, and independents won in 1,778. The ruling party second-in-command also said the people of the country were happier to see a free and fair election in Gazipur than they would have been seeing an AL candidate win. On Saturday, at a programme in the AL's Bangabandhu Avenue headquarters, General Secretary Obaidul Quader said democracy had won in Gazipur, and the Awami League did not interfere in the polls to make its candidate win. ![]()
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