Ruling Awami League candidate Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) won Saturday’s Dhaka-10 by-polls which saw a 5.28 percent turnout.

Awami League candidate for Dhaka-10 parliamentary by-polls Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) could not cast his vote through the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as his fingerprint didn’t match.

Six candidates, including Awami League’s Md Shafiul Islam (Mohiuddin) and BNP’s Sheikh Robiul Alam, will contest the Dhaka-10 parliamentary by-election slated for March 21.

Awami League on Saturday picked Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, joint general secretary of Chattogram city unit of the party, to contest the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) mayoral election.