Two candidates of Bangladeshi origin won

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The candidates of Bangladeshi origin have won the executive mayoral elections of Tower Hamlets and Newham Council in East London, United Kingdom. Aspire Party candidate Lutfur Rahman won in Tower Hamlets. And Farhad Hossain won in Newham. He contested the election from the Labor Party.

In the local government elections of the United Kingdom, voting was held in 136 local government authorities, including Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, which are dominated by Bangladeshis in East London, last Thursday. this

A large number of Bangladeshis have been candidates in the elections. The counting of votes for the post of Executive Mayor started on Friday morning.

The results of the Newham Council elections were announced at around 3.30pm local time. As a result, Farhad Hossain won as predicted. He got a total of 25 thousand 538 votes. He made history as the first Bangladeshi Executive Mayor nominated from a major UK mainstream political party.

Farhad Hossain’s nearest candidate Kamran Malik of Newham Independent Party got 20 thousand 234 votes. Another Bangladeshi origin candidate Arik Chowdhury is in the third position. This Green Party candidate got 18 thousand 999 votes. A total of eight candidates contested the post of mayor in this council.

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The current Executive Mayor Lutfur Rahman won by getting 35 thousand 679 votes in the result of Tower Hamlets. His nearest rival Sirajul Islam of Labor Party got 19 thousand 454 votes. Green Party’s Hira Khan Adeogan is in the third position. A total of 9 people contested in this council, including two more candidates of Bangladeshi origin.

Concerns have been mounting for the ruling Labor Party and its leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, since the results of the local government elections began to be released. The election results published so far show that Reform UK, led by right-wing leader Nigel Farage, is making great progress in this election. The Labor Party, on the other hand, is also struggling in its traditional strongholds.

Reform UK is dramatically ahead according to the results announced as of yesterday. Results published in various media show that Reform UK has already won around 400 council seats. The Labor Party has lost a significant number of seats it won in the last election.