BNP’s Faisal Amin wins Thakurgaon-1 by-election

BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election by a landslide on Thursday.

In the unofficial results from 185 polling centres, Faisal Amin bagged 227,917 votes, while his nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, received 96,513 votes.

Md Abdul Alim Nizami of the Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan secured 836 votes, Md Khademul Islam of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh got 3,289 votes and Husain Muhammad Omar Faruk of the Bangladesh Congress received 450 votes.

Voter turnout stood at 64.81%, according to the unofficial results.

According to the preliminary results, a total of 334,330 votes were cast in the by-polls, with 329,005 valid votes and 5,325 rejected ballots.

A total of 515,851 voters were registered in the constituency, where polling took place at 185 polling centres.

Voting in the constituency began at 8am on Thursday and continued until 4pm without any break.

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

The seat fell vacant after Mirza Fakhrul, who won it in the 12 February parliamentary election, was elected President on 20 August.