Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has rejected the Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar, Ruhia, and Bhulli) by-election, alleging irregularities and rigging. In protest, party candidate Delwar Hossain has announced a demonstration and protest rally for Saturday (October 31).
Voting for the by-election took place on Thursday, October 29. At night, Returning Officer and District Election Officer Kamrul Islam announced the results, in which BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin was unofficially elected with 2,27,917 votes, while his nearest rival, Jamaat candidate Delwar Hossain, received 96,513 votes.
Jamaat candidate Delwar Hossain alleged that fair elections are not possible under a partisan government and that widespread fake voting took place. He claimed that polling agents were forced out during vote counting and voters were coerced into casting ballots for the-sheaf symbol.
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