Sherpur-3 election postponed after Jamaat candidate’s death

The Election Commission (EC) has postponed the election in the Sherpur-3 constituency following the death of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Nuruzzaman Badal.
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud confirmed the development while speaking to reporters at the EC building on Wednesday.
“The election in Sherpur-3 will be cancelled or suspended for now under Article 17 of the Representation of the People Order (RPO),” the EC commissioner said.
He added that a fresh election schedule for the constituency would be announced later.
However, he said there is no possibility of holding the election by 12 February, as the law requires at least 15 days after the announcement of a new schedule.
Nuruzzaman Badal, the Jamaat-e-Islami nominee for the Sherpur-3 (Sreebordi–Jhenaigati) constituency, died early on Wednesday. He breathed his last at around 3:00am while being taken to a hospital in Mymensingh.
He had been suffering from kidney-related complications for a long time.

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