The pro BNP-Jamaat lawyers’ panel has won the Chittagong Bar Association election.
Among the 19 posts, the panel backed by BNP and Jamaat, bagged 12 posts including that of the secretary while the Awami-backed lawyers’ panel, clinched the post of the president and remaining six posts.
On early Monday, Chief Election Commissioner and senior lawyer advocate Nazmul Ahsan Khan Alamgir Chowdhury announced the results.
Sheikh Iftekhar Saimul Chowdhury has been elected president of the body while Mohamamd Nazim Uddin Chowdhury has been elected general secretary, says a local news agency report.
The daylong voting of the election concluded around 4:00pm starting from 9:00 am on Sunday after 3,715 lawyers cast their votes. 56 lawyers competed for 19 posts of the body.
Jatiyatabadi Lawyers Forum secretary general and Supreme Court Bar Association secretary, Mahbub Uddin Khokon congratulated the pro-BNP lawyers' panel for their victory.