Noakhali-5: Quader elected MP for 5th time

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has been elected parliament member for the fifth time from the Noakhali-5 constituency.

He won the seat unofficially by securing 1,81,279 votes and his nearest candidate Jatiya Party's Khaja Tanvir Ahmed got 9,702 votes.

The district returning officer, Dewan Mahbubur Rahman, announced the results on Sunday night.

Some 2,01,232 votes were cast in the constituency and of these, 4,494 were canceled.

Earlier, Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, became MP from the seat in the seventh, ninth, tenth and 11th parliamentary elections.

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