The 2026–2027 executive committee election of the Dhaka Lawyers Association has been declared unacceptable by Advocate Matiur Rahman Akand, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Lawyers Council, due to alleged irregularities and fake voting. In a statement issued on Saturday, he claimed that inconsistencies in forming the election commission allowed fraudulent votes and booth tampering. Several voters reportedly found their votes already cast when they arrived to vote.

Akand stated that irregularities and bias occurred at every stage of the election process. He explained that traditionally, the election commission is formed with equal representation from two panels, but this time the BNP-backed Blue Panel had 90 members while the Lawyers Unity Council’s Green Panel had only 41. Written and verbal appeals to the Bar Council and the chief election commissioner allegedly went unanswered, giving the Blue Panel a numerical advantage.

Following the vote count, the BNP and Gano Adhikar Parishad-backed Blue Panel won all 23 posts. Akand reiterated that the election was neither fair nor credible and urged vigilance against those undermining democratic processes.