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Election results for Bethnal Green & Bow

Parliamentary Election - Thursday, 6th May, 2010

Bethnal Green & Bow - results
Election Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Outcome
Rushanara Ali	Labour Party	21784	42.94%	Elected
Ajmal Masroor	Liberal Democrats	10210	20.13%	Not elected
Abjol Miah	Respect	8532	16.82%	Not elected
Zakir Hussain Khan	Conservative	7071	13.94%	Not elected
Jeffrey Christopher Marshall	British National Party	1405	2.77%	Not elected
Farid Bakht	Green Party	856	1.69%	Not elected
Patrick Brooks	Independent	277	0.55%	Not elected
Alexander Rene Van-Terheyden	Independent	213	0.42%	Not elected
Hasib Hikmat	Independent	209	0.41%	Not elected
Mahmood Choudhury	Independent	100	0.20%	Not elected
Ahmed Abdul Malik	Independent	71	0.14%	Not elected

Voting Summary
Details	Number
Seats	1
Total votes	50728
Electorate	81243
Number of ballot papers returned	51390
Number of ballot papers rejected	662
Turnout	63.25%

Share of the votes (%)
Rushanara Ali	42.94%	Elected
Ajmal Masroor	20.13%	Not elected
Abjol Miah	16.82%	Not elected
Zakir Hussain Khan	13.94%	Not elected
Jeffrey Christopher Marshall	2.77%	Not elected
Farid Bakht	1.69%	Not elected
Patrick Brooks	0.55%	Not elected
Alexander Rene Van-Terheyden	0.42%	Not elected
Hasib Hikmat	0.41%	Not elected
Mahmood Choudhury	0.20%	Not elected
Ahmed Abdul Malik	0.14%	Not elected

Rejected ballot papers
Description	Number
being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	159
voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	430
writing or mark by which voter could be identified	73
Total rejected	662