Thakurgaon:The Election Commission has officially declared Mirza Faisal Amin as the elected representative in the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency through a recently issued gazette.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a press release signed by Election Commission Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed confirmed the announcement.
Previously, Mirza Faisal Amin, nominated by the BNP, was unofficially declared the winner of the by-election held last Thursday. He secured victory over his nearest competitor, Delwar Hossain of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, by a margin of 2,27,917 votes, while Delwar Hossain received 96,513 votes.
In the 13th parliamentary election on February 12, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. His election as the 23rd President of Bangladesh led to the vacancy of the seat. Mirza Faisal Amin, the newly elected representative, is the younger brother of President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.