EC fixes date for by-polls at Fakhrul’s constituency

Election Commission
Election Commission

The by-polls to Bogura-6 constituency will be held on 24 June, according to a schedule announced by the election commission on Wednesday.

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

According to the by-poll schedule, the deadline for submission of nomination paper is 23 May, while the date for scrutinising nomination paper is 27 May and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is 3 June, EC joint secretary (PR) SM Asaduzzaman told UNB.

The eight-hour balloting period will begin at 9am instead of 8am in the by-election, he said.
Asaduzzaman said Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used in all the polling stations of the constituency.

The BNP-led Jatiya Oikya Front secured eight seats out of 300 in the 2018 national election. Of them, BNP got six, while its ally Gono Forum bagged two seats.

Among them, all the Jatiya Oikya Front MPs-elect except Mirza Fakhrul Islam took oath as MPs within the stipulated time of 29 April last (Monday).