Major (retd) Shahjahan Omar, who left BNP and was nominated by the ruling Awami League (AL) for the Jhalakathi-1 constituency, secured a landslide victory by a huge margin of votes in yesterday's 12th National Parliamentary Election. Shahjahan was elected by 95,478 votes while his rival Abu Bakkar with the "rose" symbol got only 1,624 votes. Jatiya Party-backed candidate Ezazul Huq bagged 1,272 votes in the election held at 90 polling stations. Detective police picked up Shahjahan from a house in Dhaka in the early hours of November 5 as a suspect in a case filed over burning a bus. The same day, a Dhaka court placed him on remand for four days in the case. Read more: Election 2024: Awami League secures 16 out of 20 Dhaka seats On November 29, the then BNP Vice Chairman Shahjahan walked out of jail after securing bail from a Dhaka court. The following day, he submitted a nomination paper online as an Awami League candidate for Jhalakathi-1 constituency. The same day, BNP expelled him from the party for breaching party discipline. Shahjahan Omar served as state minister for law during the last BNP led government. Read more: Election 2024: China congratulates PM Hasina, says committed to working with her