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MONDAY, AUGUST 08, 2022
Four expatriates defeated in NY City Council election

Bangladesh

New York Correspondent
03 February, 2021, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 03 February, 2021, 03:00 pm

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Four expatriates defeated in NY City Council election

New York Correspondent
03 February, 2021, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 03 February, 2021, 03:00 pm
Photo: Collected
Photo: Collected

Four Bangladeshi candidates have lost New York City District-24 Council elections in the US by a huge margin Tuesday. 

The candidates are --- Moumita Ahmed, Soma S Saeed, Dilip Nath and Mujib U Rahman. 

Among the aspirants,  four were Bangladeshis, two were Indians and two were Americans.

At the end of the vote count, James F Genario, an American candidate was declared the winner receiving 3,306 votes. 

Total 5,533 votes were cast in the election. Moumita Ahmed got 872 votes, Soma S Saeed got 475 votes, Deepti Sharma got 274 votes and Dilip Nath got 240 votes. 

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