BNP's Badsha wins Bogura-6 by-elections

BNP candidate Rezaul Karim Badsha has been unofficially elected as a Member of Parliament in the by-elections to Bogura-6 (Sadar) constituency.

Returning officer, Md Fazlul Karim, announced the results on Thursday night, April 9.

Badsha with the sheaf of paddy symbol secured 133,931 votes, while his nearest rival and Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abidur Rahman got 57,159 votes with the weighing scale symbol.

Independent candidate Al-Amin Talukdar, with the cauliflower symbol, bagged 499 votes.

There are 450,307 eligible voters in the constituency, including 10 third-gender (hijra) voters. Voting was held in 151 centres from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm without any break, peacefully and festively. 

Unofficial results from all centres have been received, as voter turnout was 42.58%.

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 the oath on February 16, Taique Rahman vacated the 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.

Source: BSS