DUCSU election: Results from one centre announced, Shibir takes strong early lead

The results of the DUCSU election have started to trickle in well past midnight. The returning officer at the Curzon Hall polling centre began announcing the centre’s results at 1:30am. He announced the results for all the halls that cast their ballots at the centre. SHIBIR CANDIDATES SURGE AHEAD AT AMAR EKUSHEY HALL CENTRE Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed DUCSU vice president candidate Abu Shadik Kayem and general secretary candidate SM Farhad are off to an early lead after winning the votes from Amar Ekushey Hall, which were cast at Curzon Hall, by a substantial margin. Shadik received 644 votes, compared with 141 by Chhatra Dal’s Abidul Islam Khan’s 141, 90 by independent candidate Umama Fatema, 36 by Bangladesh Gonotantrik Chhatra Sangsad’s...