The Election Commission (EC) will hold elections for two parliamentary constituencies-Bogura-6 and Sherpur-3-after Eid-ul-Fitr.
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud told reporters on Wednesday, “We will not hold any election during Ramadan. The elections for the vacant seats will be conducted soon after Eid-ul-Fitr.”
The Bogura-6 seat is set for a by-election after BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, who won both Bogura-6 and Dhaka-17 in the 12 February general election, opted to retain the Dhaka-17 seat.
On the other hand, the Sherpur-3 seat will see a fresh election, as the polling originally scheduled there was postponed following the death of Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Nuruzzaman Badal.
Earlier, voting was held on 12 February in 299 of the country’s 300 constituencies, excluding Sherpur-3.
The EC published the results for 297 seats, keeping Chattogram-2 and Chattogram-4 on hold in line with court directives.
On Tuesday, 296 newly elected MPs took oath after Tarique Rahman, who had won two constituencies, vacated the Bogura-6 seat for a by-election.
The 296 MPs include 208 from BNP, 68 from Jamaat-e-Islami, and seven independents, six from NCP, two from Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis, and one each from Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP), Gono Odhikar Parishad, Ganosamhati Andolon, Khelafat Majlis and Islami Andolan Bangladesh.
