Highest 87.24% voter turnout in PM Hasina's Gopalganj-3, lowest 13.04% in Dhaka-15

The Gopalganj-3, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's home constituency, recorded the highest 72.32% voter turnout in the country in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad polls.

On the other hand, Dhaka-15 – comprising the Dhaka North City Corporation wards 4, 13, 14, and 16 – recorded the lowest voter turnout of only 13.04%, according to Election Commission (EC) data obtained by The Business Standard on Monday.

Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, triumphed from her home constituency in the polls, securing her straight fourth term as the country's premier.

She bagged a total of 2,49,965 votes which is 86% of all registered total votes in the constituency, leaving all rival candidates in the dust.

Her nearest rival, M Nizam Uddin Lashkar of the Bangladesh Supreme Party, bagged only 479 votes.

The total number of polling centres in this constituency is 108 with a total of 2,90,297 voters.

Meanwhile, Gopalganj-2 came a close second in terms of voter turnout with 83.20% votes cast. Brahmanbaria-3 ranks three with 76% voter turnout.

In Gopalganj-2, AL candidate Sheikh Fazlul Karim Salim emerged victorious with 2,95,291 votes. His closest rival Kazi Shahin, Jatiyo Party candidate, got only 1,514 votes.

In the meantime, despite being a constituency located in the capital, Dhaka-15 witnessed a severely low voter turnout in yesterday's election.

Awami League candidate Kamal Ahmed Majumder won the seat, grabbing 39,632 votes.

His closest rival, JaPa candidate Md Samsul Haque pulled only 2,044 votes.