Voting has ended in the by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, with vote counting now underway.
Polling began simultaneously at 185 centres across the constituency at 8am on Thursday, October 29, and continued without interruption until 4pm.
The constituency comprises Thakurgaon Sadar, Ruhia and Bhulli and has a total of 516,140 registered voters. Five candidates contested the election.
The candidates were Mirza Faisal Amin of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), contesting with the Sheaf of Paddy symbol; Delawar Hossain of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, using the Scales symbol; Md Abdul Alim Nizami of Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan, with the Banyan Tree symbol; Md Khademul Islam of Islami Andolan Bangladesh, with the Hand Fan symbol; and Husain Muhammad Omar Faruk of Bangladesh Congress, with the Coconut symbol.
Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said voting had concluded at all polling centres by 4pm. He added that voter turnout stood at 48 per cent as of 2pm.
We will be able to provide the complete picture after the counting is finished, he said.
According to the latest unofficial results available at the time of reporting, results from one polling centre had been received. The BNP candidate, Mirza Faisal Amin, secured 747 votes, while Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain received 223 votes.
The overall result was yet to be announced as counting continued.
