Awami League mayoral candidate Jahangir Alam has taken lead in the early counting of votes in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election on Tuesday.
According to unofficial results of four polling centres, Jahangir bagged 2,504 votes while BNP mayoral contestant Hasan Uddin Sarker polled 1,071.
The four polling centres are Rani Bilashmoni Govt High School, Deuliabari Primary Govt School, Konabari College and Khartoil Adarsha School.
Earlier, voting in the GCC election was held amid BNP's various allegations of irregularities and vote fraud at many polling stations.
However, the ruling party and its mayoral candidate claimed that the balloting was largely fair and BNP brought the allegations to make the polls controversial.
The voting was suspended in seven polling centres, including Khartoil Mansur Ali Adarsha School, West Joydebpur MadinatulUlum Madrasah, Bhogra Government Primary School and Daffodil Kindergarten-2, due to violence and capturing of polling stations and casting fake votes, said Dr Dewan Mohammad HumayunKabir, deputy commissioner of Gazipur.
The polling began at 8:00am ended at 4:00pm without any break at 425 polling stations.
The counting of votes began after that.