Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- Dhaka-13 candidate Mamunul Haque paid a late-night visit to the Election Commission (EC) to lodge a series of complaints, alleging proxy voting, ballot tampering and delays in the publication of results.

Mamunul, who is also the chief of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, claimed that at least 1,200 votes were cancelled across 50 polling centres in his constituency, adding that the total number of invalidated ballots could exceed 3,500.

"My margin of defeat is around 2,200 votes," he told reporters. "Proxy votes were cast, and genuine votes were cancelled. That is how my opponent won by a narrow margin. This is deeply distressing."

Earlier on Thursday morning, after casting his vote at the Physical Education College centre i...