By-election: BNP wins in Bogura-6, Sherpur-3
BNP candidate Rezaul Karim Badsha has been unofficially elected as a Member of Parliament in by-election to Bogura-6 (Sadar) constituency and BNP candidate Mahmudul Haque Rubel has won the by-election to the Sherpur-3 constituency.
Returning officer of Bogra Md. Fazlul Karim and Returning Officer of Sherpur Md Jahangir Hossain announced the results on Thursday night.
Scenario of Bogura-6
Rezaul Karim Badsha with sheaf of paddy symbol secured 133,931 votes while his nearest rival Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abidur Rahman got 57,159 votes with weighing scale symbol.
Independent candidate Al-Amin Talukdar, with the cauliflower symbol, bagged 499 votes.
There are eligible 450,307 voters in the constituency, including 10 third-gender (hijra) voters. Voting was held in 151 centers in a peaceful and festive manner from 7:30am to 4:30pm without any break.
Unofficial results from all centers have been received as voter turnout was 42.58 percent.
Scenario of Sherpur
Mahmudul Haque Rubel has got 1,66,07 votes in the total 128 polling centres. His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Masudur Rahman has bagged 47,051 votes, trailing by 1,18,966 votes.
Earlier, the returning officer’s office said voter turnout throughout the day was 50.52%.
Around 3:15pm, Masudur announced his withdrawal from the election alleging intimidation of his agents and violent attacks by ruling party activists.
The 13th Jatiya Sangsad election was held on February 12.
In that election, BNP Chairman and current Prime Minister Tarique Rahman won the Bogura-6 seat by a large margin.
He also won the Dhaka-17 seat. According to constitutional rules, a person cannot hold more than one seat even if elected from multiple constituencies.
Therefore, before taking oath, on February 16, Taique Rahman vacated Bogura-6 seat and submitted a letter to the Election Commission.
On the same day, the seat was declared vacant. Later, on February 24, the Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the by-election in this constituency.
