DHAKA: BNP candidate Golam Mohammad Siraj, who won the Bogura-6 by-polls, took oath as member of the 11th parliament on Thursday (July 11).

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath at 3:30pm at her office in the parliament.

On Jun 24, Golam Mohammad Siraj has been unofficially declared elected in the Bogura-6 (sadar) constituency by-elections. 

Contending with the 'paddy sheaf' symbol, Siraj bagged 89,742 votes in the election while his nearest rival Awami League-candidate T Zaman Niketa got 32,297 votes in the polls.

The parliamentary seat was declared vacant on April 30 as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir did not take oath as Member of Parliament after being elected from the constituency in the December-30 general election.

During the December 30 polls in the constituency, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secured 2,07,025 votes while his nearest rival Nurul Islam of AL-backed Grand Alliance got 40,362 votes.

BDST: 1820 HRS, JULY 11, 2019
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