CHATTOGRAM, Feb 14: The security money of 71 candidates among 115 in 16 constituencies of Chattogram have been forfeited.
In accordance with Article 41(1) of the Representation of the People Order (RPO), deposits are forfeited if the candidate fails to secure one-eighth of the total votes cast.
These forfeited funds will be deposited to the government treasury.
According to Regional Election Commission sources, in the Chattogram-1 (Mirsarai) constituency, BNP candidate Nurul Amin (Sheaf of Paddy) unofficially won with 128,799 votes, while Jamaat candidate Saifur Rahman (Daripalla) received 84,538 votes while 5 candidates lost their deposit money.
In Chattogram-2 (Fatikchhari) constituency, BNP's Sarwar Alamgir won with 138,545 votes while Jamaat-nominated candidate Mohammad Nurul Amin received 62,160 votes while 5 candidates lost their security deposit.
In Chattogram-3 (Sandwip) constituency, BNP candidate Mustafa Kamal Pasha emerged victorious with 73,037 votes, including postal votes, while Jamaat candidate Alauddin Sikder secured 39,662 votes while other 2 candidates lost their deposit money. In the Chattogram-4 (Sitakund and partially City) constituency, BNP candidate Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury received 142,674 votes with the symbol "Sheaf of Paddy" while Jamaat's Md. Anwar Siddique got 89,268 votes with "Daripalla" while other 5 candidates' deposit was forfeited.
In the Chattogram-5 (Hathazari) constituency, BNP's Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin (Sheaf of Paddy) acquired 143,965 votes defeating Khilafat Majlis' candidate Maulana Md. Nasir Uddin Munir (Rickshaw) who received 44,708 votes and 4 candidates lost their deposit. In the Chattogram-6 (Raujan) constituency, BNP candidate Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury secured 1,12,237 votes while Mohammad Ilias Noori (Mombati) of the Islamic Front received 27,146 votes and one candidate's deposit was forfeited.
In the Chattogram-7 (Rangunia) constituency, BNP's Humam Quader Chowdhury won with 1,11,445 votes while Dr. ATM Rezaul Karim, the Jamaat candidate, received 41,719 votes and 5 candidates lost their deposit.
BNP candidate Ershad Ullah secured victory in the Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency with 150,737 votes after defeating Jamaat candidate Abu Naser who received 52,033 votes and 3 others lost their deposit.
In Chattogram-9 (Kotwali) constituency, BNP's Mohammad Abu Sufian garnered 109,388 votes while Jamaat candidate Dr. AKM Fazlul Haque received 53,807 votes and 8 others lost deposit. Moving on to the Chattogram-10 constituency, BNP's Sayed Al Noman received 121,364 votes, surpassing Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Helali, who got 74,407 votes and 7 others lost their deposit.
In Chattogram-11 constituency, BNP candidate Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury secured victory with 1,15,999 votes, defeating Jamaat candidate Mohammad Shafiul Alam, who received 76,681 votes and 9 others lost their security.
In the Chattogram-12 (Patiya) constituency, BNP candidate Enamul Haque Enam secured 1,35,044 votes while Islamic Front's Syed Air Mohammad Payaru received 28,999 votes while 6 others lost their deposit.
Moving on to the Chattogram-13 constituency, BNP candidate Sarwar Jamal Nizam garnered 1,26,192 votes with Islamic Front's SM Shahjahan coming in second with 51,450 votes and 4 others lost security.
In Chattogram-14, BNP's Jasim Uddin Ahmed emerged victorious with 76,493 votes, narrowly beating LDP's Professor Omar Faruk who received 75,467 votes, a difference of only 1,026 votes and 6 others lost security. And in the Chattogram-15 constituency, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Shahjahan Chowdhury (Daripalla) received 181,238 votes while BNP's Nazmul Mustafa Amin secured 130,661 votes and one lost his security money.
Lastly, in the Chattogram-16 constituency, Jamaat candidate Maulana Zahirul Islam (Daripalla) won with 93,167 votes, defeating BNP candidate Mishkatul Islam Chowdhury Pappa, who received 83,105 votes.
