Dhaka: BNP MPs-elect have taken oath as only members of the 13th parliament, not as members of the Constitution Reform Council on Tuesday morning. Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath at 10:43am in line with the Constitution as the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 12th Parliament are currently vacant. Parliament Secretariat Secretary Kaniz Moula conducted the oath-taking ceremony at 10:43am at the oath-taking room of the Jatiya Sangsad.
According to United News of Bangladesh, Jamaat MPs-elect are scheduled to be sworn in at 12pm at the same place. BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman's wife, Zubaida Rahman, and his daughter, Zaima Rahman, were present at the oath-taking ceremony. The newly elected MPs signed the oath book and provided fingerprints, images, and digital signatures for preparation of their digital identity cards following the ceremony.
The 13th parliamentary election and referendum on the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order 2025 were held on Thursday in 299 out of the country's 300 constituencies amid a peaceful atmosphere. On Friday, the Election Commission published a gazette of 297 elected MP candidates. The election results of two constituencies, Chattogram-2 and 4, were withheld as per court orders. Additionally, the election to Sherpur-3 was cancelled following the death of a contesting candidate.
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman left the Bogura-6 seat for by-election, taking oath as a member of parliament from Dhaka-17 constituency. In the election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured 209 parliamentary seats, while the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 68. The BNP-led electoral alliance sealed victory in a total of 212 constituencies, while the Jamaat-led electoral alliance won in 77 constituencies. Other parties, including the National Citizen Party-NCP, independent candidates, and several smaller parties, also won seats in the election.