A flood of votes ensured that the boat continued to sail on high tide.

In the much-anticipated elections of the Dhaka South City Corporation, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh was unofficially declared the winner and voted mayor of DSCC today.


Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh. File photo
Taposh secured 4,24,595 votes to beat his closest contender, BNP candidate Ishraque Hossain, by a margin of nearly two lakh votes.

The AL mayoral candidate for the north city corporation Atiqul Islam is also expected to secure the post.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE MAYOR IN THE SOUTH


Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, a barrister by profession, was elected as lawmaker from Dhaka-10 constituency in the 2018 parliamentary elections. He resigned from his post to contest the mayoral polls.

In his manifesto for this election, Taposh unveiled plans to turn Dhaka south into a tourist destination, including making the old central jail into an amusement park.