Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, was defeated by 19,161 votes in the 12th parliamentary elections held on Sunday. Inu who contested from Kushtia-2 (Mirpur-Bheramara) seat with AL's electoral symbol 'boat', got 79,735 votes. Democracy-loving people won as almost 12 crore boycotted polls: BNP Kamarul Arefin, an independent candidate with truck symbol, has been unofficially elected getting 98,896 votes. In 4 parliamentary constituencies in Kushtia, only one Awami League nominated candidate has won in the election. Abul Hasnat, Menon won in Barishal-1 and 2 Bangladesh Awami League joint general secretary Mahabubul Alam Hanif, the incumbent lawmaker from the Kushtia-3 (Sadar) seat, has secured the seat. He got 1,28,533 votes. His nearest rival, Eagle symbol independent candidate Pervez Anwar Tanu got 43,726 votes. History will mark 7th January as black day: Jamaat There are 16, 43, 912 voters in the four constituencies of Kushtia.