The Forum, led by Rising Group managing director Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, on Saturday won the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association biennial elections for 2025-27, bagging 31 out of 35 directorship posts.
A total of 76 candidates from three panels, one each of the Forum, the Sammilito Parishad and the Oikya Parishad, took part in the elections on Saturday in Dhaka and Chattogram.
Election officials said that a total of 1,631 BGMEA members, out of 1,864, exercised their voting rights in the elections.聽
Of them, 1,377 voted in Dhaka and 254 in Chattogram.
The Sammilito Parishad, a contesting panel led by Chaity Group managing director Md Abul Kalam, won only four directorship posts.
The Oikya Parishad failed to bag any posts.
The chairman of the election board Md Iqbal announced the result late Saturday.
Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu bagged highest 1,149 votes in the elections, while Sammilito Parishad panel leader Md Abul Kalam bagged 666 votes and failed to win.
Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu is going to be the next president of the BGMEA.
In Chattogram region, Salim Rahman bagged the highest 1,058 votes.
The elected 35 directors are Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, Shah Rayeed Chowdhury, Mijanur Rahman, Faisal Samad, Mohammad Abdur Rahim, Inamul Haque Khan, Hasib Uddin, Vidiya Amrit Khan, Md Rezwan Selim, Shahed Udduza Chowdhury, Nafis Uddoula, Mohammad Abdus Salam, Sumaiya Islam, Anwar Hossain Chowdhury, Fahima Akter, Sheikh Hossain Muhammad Mustafiz, Majumdar Arifur Rahman, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, ABM Shamsuddin, Joardar Mohammad Hosne Quamar Alam, Asef Kamal Pasha, Rashid Ahmed Hossaini, Faruque Hassan, Rumana Rashid, Mohammad Sohel, and Samiha Azim from Dhaka region.
Those who won from Chittagong region are Salim Rahman, M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Syed Mohammad Tanvir, Sakeef Ahmed Salam, Md Shaif Ullah, Mohammad Rafique Chowdhury, Enamul Aziz Chowdhury, SM Abu Tayyab, and Rakibul Alam Chowdhury.
At the Dhaka centre, 1,377 out of 1,561 votes were cast, around 88.21 per cent of the zone鈥檚 total votes, while in Chittagong 254 out of 303 votes were cast, around 83.83 per cent of the zone鈥檚 total votes.
In both regions, 1,631 votes out of 1,864 votes were cast.
The polling began at 8:00am on Saturday and continued until 5:00pm without any break at the Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka and Radisson Blu Hotel in Chattogram.
According to the BGMEA election schedule, the official final result will be published on June 4. The Election of the office bearers will be held on June 14 and the result will be published on June 16.
The new Board of Directors would take charge on June 16.
