PABNA, Mar 1: Ahead of the second phase of Upazila Parishad Polls, two candidates have been elected unopposed and 24 other candidates are going to contest for the chairman post at seven upazilas in the district.
Returning Officer and Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Md Shafiul Islam declared them elected unopposed.
The elected unopposed chairmen are Alhaj Mosharraf Hossain, member of Awami League (AL) in Pabna Sadar Upazila, and Shahinuzzaman Shaheen, member of AL in Sujanagar Upazila.
The other 24 candidates contesting for chairman post are Mobarok Hossain Panna, member of AL, Isharat Ali, independent, and Tanvir Islam, independent in Atgharia Upazila, Sakhawat Hossain Sakho, member of AL, and Abdul Hamid Master, independent, in Chatmohar Upazila, Md Abdul Alim, independent, Kamal Hossain Jewel, independent, Md Babarbillah, AL, Amin Hossain, independent, and Mejbah Rahman Rose, independent in Bhangura Upazila, Mustafizur Rahman, JP, Mansur Rahman, NPP, Khalilur Rahman, AL, Jahurul Islam Bakul, BNP, Golam Hossain Golap, independent in Faridpur Upazila, Atowar Rahman, BNP, Mustafizur Rahman, independent, Abdul Kader, AL, Afzal Hossain, independent, Abdul Ahad, JP, Abdullah Al Mahmud Delwar, AL, and Abu Taleb Mondal, Jamaat in Sathia Upazila.