Shilpi Samiti President Misha Saudagar, Secretary Dipjal

Actor Misha Saudagar has won the president post of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti this year (2024-26) while actor Monowar Hossain Dipjal has won the post of general secretary.

Misha Saudagar got 265 votes for the post of president while his rival Mahmud Koli got 170 votes. On the other hand, Dipjal got 225 votes for the post of general secretary and his rival Nipun Akhter got 209 votes.
Apart from Misha and Dipjal, Masum Parvez Rubel won the post of vice-president by getting 234 votes and DA Taiyeb got 231 votes. Arman won the post of joint general secretary, Joy Chowdhury as organizing secretary, Alexander Bo as international affairs secretary, Jackie Alamgir as office and publicity secretary, Mamnun Imon of Koli-Nipun panel as culture and sports secretary and Kamal as treasurer.

Besides, 11 members of the Executive Council were also elected. They are Sucharita, Rozina, Aliraj, Subrata, Dilara Yasmin, Shahnur, Nana Shah, Ratna Kabir, Chunnu and Poli and Soni Rahman of the Kali-Nipun panel.

Voting began at 9:30 am on Friday (April 19) and lasted till 5:30 pm when 475 artists voted in a festive atmosphere.

There were 570 total voters in this election. 48 candidates from two panels, including six independents, contested in this election to form a 21-member committee. In an alliance between the two rival panels were the two actors Misha and Dipjal. From another panel, hero Mahmud Koli and heroine Nipun Akhter contested.

In this election, Chief Election Commissioner was Khorshed Alam Khosru and members were AJ Rana and BH Nishan. Election results were declared at 7:00am on Saturday.