Awami League candidate Hazi Abdul Wahab has been declared unofficially elected as the mayor of Galachipa municipality in Patuakhali.

Abdul Wahab bagged 8,720 votes while his closest contender Abu Taleb Mia of BNP got 1,730 votes.

The BNP candidate, however, called a press briefing at about 11:00am and declared boycotting the election alleging irregularities.

Meanwhile, a clash took place at ward no. 7 between two councillor candidates. Later, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) brought the situation under control.

Earlier, voting began in ten municipalities at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm on Sunday.

Of the ten municipalities, by-polls were held to Naria municipality in Shariatpur and to only one ward of Singair municipality in Manikganj.

The eight other municipalities are Ghoraghat in Dinajpur, Domar in Nilphamari, Pirganj in Rangpur, Galachipa in Patuakhali, Lohagara in Narail, Ghatail in Tangail, Sonatala in Bogra and Bera in Pabna.

The EC on 29 June last declared the election schedule for the municipalities.

On 30 December last year, the last countrywide elections to over 234 municipalities out of 323 were held along political party lines for the first time in the country.