Mirza Faisal Amin defeats Jamaat rival in Thakurgaon-1 by-election

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Faisal Amin has won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, defeating his closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hosen, by a margin of 131,336 votes.

Returning Officer and Thakurgaon District Election Officer Kamrul Islam announced Faisal’s victory at around 9:30 PM on Thursday.

Faisal, the younger brother of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secured 227,789 votes, while Delawar received 96,453 votes.

Voter turnout in the by-election was 64.77 per cent.

Election officials and administrative representatives from various levels of the district were present when the results were announced.