Sources from the district election office informed that in the first phase, since the nomination papers of two candidates contesting for the post of chairman in Parashuram and Fulgazi upazila parishad elections were withdrawn, the former president of Parshuram Upazila Awami League, Feroze Majumdar, is on the way to victory unopposed. Upazila Awami League Joint General Secretary Noor Mohammad Sofinkul Hossain, former member of Zilla Parishad on the post of Vice Chairman, and Samchhun Nahar Papia, the current Upazila Parishad Chairman on the post of Female Vice Chairman, are on the way to victory unopposed. As all the candidates won unopposed in this upazila, there will be no election on May 8.
On the other hand, Manjura Aziz is on her way to win unopposed as the nomination papers of two candidates were withdrawn in the contest for the post of women vice chairman in Fulgazi. Md Zafrullah Bhuiyan and Upazila Awami League general secretary Harun Majumder will be elected as chairman in Fulgazi Upazila Parishad elections. Mahbubul Haque Kala, Anil Vanik, Abdur Rahim Patwari and Saifuddin Majumdar will compete for the post of Vice Chairman.
On Monday (April 22), the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers, Parshuram Upazila Parishad Chairman and Upazila Awami League President Kamal Uddin Majumdar and Buxmahmud Union Parishad former chairman Abul Hashem Chowdhury withdrew their nomination papers. Upazila Parishad Chairman Abdul Alim Majumdar and Humayun Kabir withdrew their nominations for the post of Chairman of Fulgazi. According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the election symbols of Parashuram and Fulgazi Upazila Parishad will be allotted on April 23 and voting will be held on May 8.
It is to be noted that in the first phase of the upazila parishad elections in Phulgazi and Parashuram of Feni, 21 candidates submitted their nomination papers for the chairmanship of the two upazila parishad elections of Feni. Parashuram Upazila Parishad has submitted 3 nominations for the post of chairman, 4 for the post of vice chairman and 2 for the post of female vice chairman. 4 people have submitted nomination papers for the post of Chairman of Fulgazi Upazila Parishad, 5 people for the post of Vice Chairman and 3 people for the post of Female Vice Chairman.
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