BNP’s Mirza Faisal Amin Wins Thakurgaon-1 By-Election

BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin has been unofficially declared the winner of the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, contesting with the party’s sheaf of paddy symbol.

District Returning Officer and District Election Officer Kamrul Islam announced the result on Thursday night, October 29.

According to the latest available results from all 183 polling centres, Faisal Amin received 224,165 votes. His closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delwar Hossain, secured 95,450 votes with the party’s scales symbol.

The constituency has a total of 516,140 registered voters. The district election authorities reported voter turnout of 52% by 3pm.

Five candidates contested the by-election. The other three were Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan’s Md Abdul Alim Nizami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Md Khademul Islam and Bangladesh Congress candidate Husain Muhammad Omar Faruk.

Security arrangements included 21 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), 2,272 police personnel and 2,405 Ansar members. Election inquiry committee members, judicial magistrates and executive magistrates were also deployed.

A total of 177 domestic and local observers, along with four foreign observers, were expected to monitor the election.

The seat became vacant after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was elected from the constituency in the 13th parliamentary election, took the oath of office as president. The Election Commission subsequently declared the seat vacant.