Thakurgaon:Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin has been unofficially elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency in the by-elections held today. The announcement was made by Returning Officer (RO) Mohammad Kamrul Islam following the vote count this evening.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Mirza Faisal Amin won the by-election by a significant margin, defeating his closest competitor, Delwar Hossain, who was nominated by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Faisal secured 227,917 votes, while Delwar received 96,513 votes.
In addition to the main contenders, other candidates included Md Abdul Alim Nizami from Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan, who garnered 836 votes; Hussain Muhammad Omar Faruk from Bangladesh Congress, who received 450 votes; and Md Khademul Islam from Islami Andolan Bangladesh, who obtained 3,289 votes. The total voter turnout was recorded at 64.81 percent, with 334,330 out of 515,851 registered voters casting their votes.
The Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary seat became vacant following the election of its previous MP, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, to the presidency of the country.