Awami League (AL) backed Chattagram Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad got 12 posts including the posts of senior vice president and general secretary respectively in the Chattogram District Bar Association (CDBA) election.
BNP-Jamaat-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad secured nine posts including the ones of President and cultural secretary in the election, according to the result announced on Monday.
Oikya Parishad candidate Advocate Md Nazim Uddin Chowdhury and Somonnoy Parishad candidate Advocate ASM Bazlur Rashid Minto have been elected president and general secretary (GS) respectively in the election.
The Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Ratan Kumar Roy declared the results of Chattogram District Bar Association (CDBA) earlier today.
Two panels- Awami League and pro-liberation forces backed Chattogram Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad and pro-BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad contested the election.
Election commission sources said, 4,145 lawyers out of 5,215 cast their votes from 9am to 4pm without intermission on Sunday. CDBA sources said a total of 42 candidates vied for the posts of 21 office-bearers including 11 executive committee members.
