Newly elected Member of Parliament Mirza Faisal Amin from the Thakurgaon-1 constituency and Eliza Zaman, elected in the by-election to reserved women’s seat-23, have taken oath.

Speaker of the National Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmed administered the oath to them on Tuesday (November 3) afternoon.

Prime Minister and Leader of the House Tarique Rahman attended the oath-taking ceremony.

Mirza Faisal Amin, the BNP-nominated candidate in the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 (Sadar-Ruhia-Bhulli) constituency, won with 227,917 votes contesting under the party’s electoral symbol, the Sheaf of Paddy.

His closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, secured 96,513 votes. The difference between the two candidates was 131,404 votes.

Meanwhile, Eliza Zaman was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament in the by-election for reserved women’s seat-23 of the 13th National Parliament. After the deadline for withdrawing nomination papers expired, the Election Commission (EC) declared her elected on Monday.

The official gazette notification confirming her election has also been published.

The seat fell vacant on October 1 following the resignation of BNP reserved women’s seat MP Ferdousi Ahmed Misty. The Election Commission subsequently arranged a by-election to fill the vacant seat.