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BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin, elected in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, and Eliza Zaman, elected to reserved women’s seat-23, are set to take oath as members of parliament today (Tuesday).
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at noon in the Speaker’s office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Mirza Faisal Amin won the Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar-Ruhia-Bhulli) by-election with 227,917 votes under the BNP’s sheaf of paddy symbol. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, secured 96,513 votes.
The margin of victory was 131,404 votes.
Meanwhile, Eliza Zaman was declared elected unopposed to the reserved women’s seat in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Monday, a day after the deadline for withdrawing nomination papers expired. The Election Commission has already published the official gazette notification confirming her election.
The seat fell vacant on October 1 following the resignation of BNP lawmaker Ferdousi Ahmed Misty.