In the Patuakhali Bar Association elections held on Thursday, BNP-backed candidates won all nine positions. No candidates from the Jamaat-e-Islami-backed Lawyers Council Panel were successful, and the Awami League-backed candidates did not participate. Out of 567 voters, 396 cast their votes. Humayun Kabir won the president’s seat with 221 votes, defeating Jamaat’s Advocate Nazmul Ahsan, who received 137 votes. Mohammad Salauddin was elected unopposed as the General Secretary.