Misha re-elected president of Shilpi Samiti

Actor Misha Sawdagor has been re-elected president and Zayed Khan has been elected general secretary of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti.

Ilias Kanchan, the election commission chief, announced the results around 2am on Saturday after daylong voting (from 9:07am to 5:07pm) at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) in Dhaka.

The Misha-Zayed panel won 18 out of 21 posts and will lead the association till 2021. 

In the biennial election, Misha bagged 227 votes, defeating his rival Arifa Pervin Zaman Moushumi, independent candidate Moushumi, by 102 votes. 

Zayed Khan, the newly-elected general secretary, secured 284 votes while his nearest rival Ilias Cobra got only 68.

Monowar Hossain Dipjol and Masum Parvez Rubel were elected vice presidents bagging 311 and 293 votes respectively. 

Arman, who got 281 votes, was elected assistant vice-president, defeating Sanko Panja by 210 votes.

Actor Mamunun Emon elected international affairs secretary with 247 votes, defeating Khaled, who got 105 votes. 

Securing 230 votes, Zakir Hossain was elected sports and cultural affairs secretary defeating Don, who bagged 122 votes.

Actor Subrata was elected organising secretary unopposed. Jackie Alamgir and Farhad Hossain were the only candidates for the posts of office and publicity secretary, and treasurer respectively.

Ten executive members were also elected. They are - Aruna Bishwas (315 votes), Anjana (324), Afzal Sharif (293), Asif Iqbal (314), Alexandar Bow (337), Rozina (320), Nasrin (181), Maruf Akib (273), Joy Chowdhury (303) and Jasmine (309).