Binodon Desk:

Film actress Sharmin Akter Nipa, widely known as Mahiya Mahi, has lost her security deposit of Tk 20,000 as she failed to receive one eighth of the valid ballots in the 12th general election held on Sunday.

In the race for a lawmaker from Rajshahi-1 (Godagari-Tanore) constituency, Mahi received a total of 9,009 votes, about 4.10 per cent of the total vote cast, while the ruling Awami League-nominated candidate and incumbent lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury won by receiving 1,03,592 votes.

Article 41 of the Representation of the People Order 1972 stipulates that the deposit of the candidates who would fail to get one eighth of the votes polled would be ‘forfeited to the government.

Out of eleven candidates in this constituency, nine including AL sub-committee on industry and commerce member and state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam’s wife Shanewaz Ayesha Akhtar Jahan alias Dalia have also lost their security money while Tanore upazila AL former president and independent candidate Golam Rabbani bagged a total of 92,419 votes.

According to the unofficial results declared by deputy commissioner and returning officer in Rajshahi Shameem Ahmed on Sunday night, Ayesha Akhtar Jahan alias Dalia received 2,718 votes, Bangladesh Nationalist Movement’s Md Shamsuzzoha 1911 votes, Jatiya Party’s Md Shamsuddin 938 votes, and Bangladesh Nationalist Front’s Al Saad 603 votes.

Besides, Trinamool BNP’s Jamal Khan Dudu received 273 votes, Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijote’s Bashir Ahmed 335 votes, and National People’s Party’s Nurunnesa got 296 votes in the election.