Awami League-backed Sammilita Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad (white panel) candidate Abdul Baten has been elected as the president in the 2021-22 session election of Dhaka Bar Association.
The white panel won a total of 15 posts, including nine secretariat and six member posts, besides the post of president. While, the BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Parishad’s blue panel has won a total of eight posts, including the post of general secretary.
Dhaka Bar Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Abdullah Abu announced the results after counting the votes on Friday night.
Abdul Baten of the white panel got 4,473 votes for the post of president, while Mosleh Uddin Jasim of the blue panel got 3,934 votes.
For the post of general secretary, Khandaker Hazrat Ali of the blue panel got 4,261 votes while Firozur Rahman Montu of the white panel got 4,073 votes.
The winners of the white panel are: President Advocate Abul Baten, Senior Assistant General Secretary AKM Salahuddin, Assistant General Secretary SM Moniruzzaman (Tareq), Treasurer AKM Ariful Islam Kawsar, Library Secretary Sharmin Sultana Happy, Cultural Secretary Shaila Parveen Piya, Office Secretary Zakir Hossain (Lincoln), Sports Secretary Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and Social Welfare Secretary AS Imrul Kayesh.
The winners of this panel in the member posts are – ABM Faisal Sarwar, Baharul Islam, Mohammad Mohin Uddin, Jewel Chandra Modak, Sultana Razia Ruma and Mohammad Ahsan Habib.
The winners of the blue panel are: Senior Vice President Kamal Uddin and Vice President Mohammad Anisur Rahman Anis and General Secretary Khandaker Mohammad Hazrat Ali.
The winners of this panel in member posts are- Babul Akhter, MRK Russell, Md Hosni Mubarak Rocky, Sohag Hasan Rony and Mosammat Taslima Akhter.
Earlier, polling was held at Dhaka Bar Bhaban on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 am to 5 pm with one-hour break.
Out of a total of 17,756 voters, 8,706 people cast their votes. The counting of votes then started on Friday afternoon.
A total of 46 candidates contested from the Awami League-backed white panel and BNP-backed blue panel.-BSS