Newly elected Member of Parliament from Thakurgaon-1 constituency Mirza Faisal Amin and reserved women’s seat MP Eliza Zaman will take oath on Tuesday.
The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 12pm on Tuesday at the Speaker’s Office in the National Parliament building, where Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad will administer the oath.
Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni confirmed the matter.
The Election Commission (EC) published a gazette notification on Saturday declaring Mirza Faisal Amin elected in the by-election to the Thakurgaon-1 constituency.
A BNP-nominated candidate, Mirza Faisal Amin won the 29 October by-election with 2,27,917 votes, contesting with the party’s sheaf of paddy symbol.
His closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, secured 96,513 votes with the scales symbol.
The Thakurgaon-1 seat fell vacant after former BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was elected MP from the constituency in the 13th parliamentary election on 12 February, became the country’s 23rd president. The Election Commission subsequently declared the seat vacant.
Meanwhile, the EC on Monday published a gazette notification declaring BNP-nominated candidate Eliza Zaman elected to reserved women’s seat-23 in the 13th parliament.
The seat became vacant following the resignation of BNP lawmaker Ferdousi Ahmed Mishti on 1 October. The EC announced the by-election schedule on 12 October, setting 12 November as the polling date.
However, as Eliza Zaman was the sole candidate, no voting was required, and she was declared elected.
