The right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami, which emerged as the main Opposition party in the just-concluded Bangladesh polls, on Sunday challenged the results demanding the Election Commission to hold recounting of votes in 32 constituencies where its candidates were “unfairly defeated”.The party also retracted a Facebook message acknowledging victory of its former ally the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the polls that were held on Thursday and results for which were declared on Friday.The BNP, led by Tarique Rahman, swept to power with a two-thirds majority with 49.97 per cent votes and 209 seats while the Jamaat-e-Islami, which was opposed to the country’s 1971 independence from Pakistan, registered its best ever performance with 31.76 per cent votes and 68 seats.On Sunday, after lodging the formal complaint with the Election Commission (EC), senior Jamaat leader Hamidur Rahman Azad said, “We have identified 32 constituencies where our candidates were unfairly defeated. The start was good, but the end wasn’t,” Azad told meidapersons, adding, his party demanded recounting of votes in the 32 constituencies.Election Commissioner Anwarul Islam, meanwhile, said the EC would decide on vote recounting as demanded by Jamaat if the commission received any court order.“Their demand requires examination and analysis. The law provides them the opportunity – if there are any election-related complaints, they may inform the court. The court will then take a decision accordingly,” he said. But, the commissioner said, the EC was satisfied about the vote management.Meanwhile, allegations and counter-allegations of post-election violence have emerged in Panchagarh district, with National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Sarjis Alam claiming that over 30 houses and businesses belonging to party leaders and activists were targeted after the results were announced, Prothom Alo reported.Sarjis Alam, chief organiser of the NCP for the northern region, alleged that attacks occurred at more than 30 locations involving the homes and business establishments of party leaders and activists after the results were declared.Echoing these claims, the defeated candidate of the 11-party electoral alliance in the Panchagarh-1 constituency accused leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of their involvement in the incidents, according to Prothom Alo.Sarjis Alam outlined these allegations in a series of Facebook posts, urging those responsible to reconsider their actions. He wrote that those “overexcited” by the outcome should reform themselves and “learn from the past”, the newspaper reported. Following the social media claims, enquiries were conducted into reported incidents of post-election tensions in Sadar, Tetulia, and Atwari upazilas, Prothom Alo said.Tarique Rahman meets Jamaat, NCP leadersBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday met Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nahid Islam as part of a “positive political beginning”, two days before his party is set to form the government in the country.Tarique visited Jamaat chief at his residence along with the BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamigir.