Abul Khair Abdullah becomes Barishal mayor

Awami League mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah, alias Kokhon Serniabat, has become elected mayor of Barishal City Corporation.

Returning officer of the Barishal City Corporation elections Humayun Kabir unofficially announced the polls results at the district's Shilpakala Academy at around 9:30pm on Monday.

Abul Khair got 87,808 votes and his nearest rival, Bangladesh Islami Andolon candidate Faizul Karim with "hand fan" symbol, bagged 33,828 votes.

The turnout was 51.46 percent, he said while reading out the results from the 126 polling centres in Barishal city polls.