Joya Sengupta wins Sunamganj-2 by-polls
Sunamganj: Awami League candidate Joya Sengupta, wife of late ruling party lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta, was unofficially declared elected in the by-election to Sunamganj-2 constituency held on Thursday.
Joya bagged 95,995 votes while her nearest rival independent contestant Mahbub Hossain Reju polled 40,172.
The parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of Suranjit Sengupta who died at Labaid Hospital in the capital after prolonged illness.