Mirza Faisal Amin of Thakurgaon-1 and Reserved-Seat MP Eliza Zaman to Take Oath on Tuesday

Newly elected Member of Parliament for Thakurgaon-1 Mirza Faisal Amin and Eliza Zaman, elected in the by-election to reserved women's seat-23, will be sworn in on Tuesday at 12 noon.

The oath-taking of the newly elected MPs will be held at the Speaker's office room in the Parliament Building. Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram will administer the oath to the MPs.

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Nurul Islam Moni disclosed the information. He said the oath of the two newly elected MPs would be held on Tuesday.

Last Saturday, the Election Commission published a gazette declaring Mirza Faisal Amin the winner.

In the Thakurgaon-1 by-election on 29 October, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin was elected with the sheaf of paddy symbol, receiving 227,917 votes.

His nearest rival, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-nominated candidate Delawar Hossain, received 96,513 votes with the scales symbol.

In the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election held on 12 February, then BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected MP from Thakurgaon-1. As he was elected the 23rd President of Bangladesh, the Election Commission declared the Thakurgaon-1 seat vacant.

On Monday, the Election Commission published a gazette declaring BNP-nominated candidate Eliza Zaman elected as 'Member of Parliament' for the vacant reserved women's seat-23 of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.

The seat fell vacant on 1 October when BNP reserved women's seat MP Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti resigned. The Election Commission later announced the by-election schedule for the seat on 12 October. Although voting was scheduled for 12 November under the schedule, no vote was needed as there was a single candidate.