Republican candidate Donald Trump has won a historic victory in this year's US presidential election. 5 American politicians of Bangladeshi origin won the House of Representatives in this election. All but one of them were Democrats.
According to the results of private elections in the United States and the information received from the local community, the winners of this election are Bangladeshis - New Hampshire State Representative Abul B Khan (Republican), Councilman of New Jersey Plainsboro Township. Nooran Nabi, Connecticut State Senator Masudur Rahman, Democrat candidate for Georgia District Five State Senator Sheikh Mujahidur Rahman Chandan and Senator Nabila Islam from another district of the same state.
Councilman among them. Nooran Nabi was elected for the fifth time. He has been in this position for 14 consecutive years since 2007. His township has a mayor and 5 councilmen. He is in charge of cultural and heritage affairs as a councilman.
Besides, Abul B Khan of New Hampshire has been elected member of the legislature six times.
Abul Khan said, 'I am very impressed. People elected me with the highest number of votes six times. Although I passed from Republican, I will now serve as a representative of people from all walks of life, from all parties. Our government is always in favor of not raising taxes. For the improvement of education and health. We will work towards that goal.
Sheikh Mujahidur Rahman Chandan, a son of Kishoreganj, has won the election from District-Five of Georgia for the fourth time in a row by a huge margin. He won 70 percent of the vote over Republican challenger Lisa Babbage. He is the first American of Bangladeshi origin there and the first Muslim legislator in Georgia.
Chandan, son of Sararchar's valiant freedom fighter Najibur Rahman, went to the United States for higher education in 1981. He holds a BBA degree from the University of Georgia. 63-year-old Chandan thanked the expatriates after wearing the garland for the fourth time in a row. He thanked all the people of Bangladesh and said that he was emotional as a senator in a society of multi-ethnic bridges with everyone's love and cooperation.
All the elected Bangladeshi Americans are the highest ranking representatives at the state level of the United States. So far no Bangladeshi-American has been elected to the federal level ie Senate or Congress.
According to local sources, in addition to the five elected, several Bangladeshi-Americans from other states including Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey participated in the elections at the county and other levels. However, their results are not known yet.
In addition to the US presidential election on Tuesday, voters also cast their ballots for 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 senators in the Senate.
Republicans have so far secured 52 seats and Democrats have won 44, according to the AP. And in the House of Representatives, Republicans got 209 and Democrats got 187 seats.
