Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has been unofficially declared elected from the Dhaka-15 constituency in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.

According to the unofficial results, Dr Shafiqur secured 82,645 votes in the constituency, which has a total of 127 polling centres.

His nearest rival, BNP-nominated candidate Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, who contested with the paddy sheaf symbol, received 61,920 votes.

Dr Shafiqur won the seat by a margin of 20,725 votes.

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