Gazette declares Mirza Faysal Amin winner of Thakurgaon-1 by-election, oath comes next
A gazette has been published declaring BNP candidate Mirza Faysal Amin the winner of the by-election in the Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar, Ruhia and Bhulli) constituency of the Thirteenth National Parliament.
The gazette was published on Saturday (31 October) under clause (4) of Article 39 of the Representation of the People Order, 1972, President’s Order No. 155. Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed signed it. The Parliament Secretariat will now arrange the oath-taking.
In the by-election held on Thursday (29 October), Mirza Faysal Amin, the candidate of the Sheaf of Paddy symbol, won with 227,917 votes. He is the younger brother of President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. His nearest rival, Delawar Hossain of Jamaat-e-Islami, nominated by the 11-party alliance, received 96,513 votes.
After BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman won two seats in the Thirteenth Parliament election, a by-election was held on 9 April in the Bogra-6 seat he vacated, and the newly elected member of parliament took the oath on 12 April.
Later, after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir became President, the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 seat he vacated was held on 29 October. With the publication of the gazette, Mirza Faysal Amin’s victory in that seat is now official, and as the next step the Parliament Secretariat will arrange his oath.
