Gazette declaring Mirza Faisal Amin elected in Thakurgaon-1 by-polls issued

The Election Commission has published a gazette declaring Mirza Faisal Amin elected in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency.

A press release signed by Election Commission Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed confirmed the information today.

Earlier, BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Faisal Amin was unofficially declared elected in the by-election held last Thursday, defeating his nearest rival, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delwar Hossain, by 2,27,917 votes.

Delwar Hossain received 96,513 votes.

In the 13th parliamentary election held on February 12, former MP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency. Following his election as the 23rd President of Bangladesh, the Election Commission declared the seat vacant.

Mirza Faisal Amin is the younger brother of President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.