Shaban Mahmood and Sohel Haider Chowdhury have been elected President and General Secretary respectively of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Saturday.Shaban bagged 857 votes for President post while his nearest contestant Quddus Afrad got 667 votes.Chief Election Commissioner Chairman Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman announced the results at 9.15pm at the Jatiya Press Club.Sohel secured 534 votes for General Secretary post while his closest contestant Sajjad Alam Khan Topu bagged 448 votes.Other elected office- bearers are : Vice-President Atikur Rahman Chowdhury (749 votes), Joint Secretary Sahana Seuly (552), Treasurer Sebika Rani (607), Organising Secretary Md Shahjahan Miah (497), Publicity Secretary Aktar Hossain (594), Sports and Cultural Secretary Mafizur Rahman Khan Babu (918), Public Welfare Secretary Ummul Wara Sweaty (1049) and Office Secretary Maniruzzaman Uzzal (712). The nine executive committee members are Shamima Akhtar (691 votes), AM Shahjahan Miah (651), Salimullah Selim (599), Jannatul Ferdous Chowdhury (571), Dulal Khan (541), Soheli Chowdhury (541), Debashish Roy (533) and Manjusri Biswas (453).Some 66 candidates under five panels participated in the election while 20 independent candidates also vied in the polls.
