Mirza Fakhrul Gets 255 Votes, Oli 88

❐ BD Digest Desk

BNP candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been elected as the 23rd President of the country by securing 255 votes in the presidential election held in the session hall of the National Parliament.

The election results were announced today, Thursday, August 20, after the voting and counting.

The election results were announced by the election officer and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin.

He said that there were a total of 349 voters in the presidential election. Of these, 343 voted. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir received 255 votes. His rival, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Chairman Oli Ahmed, a candidate of the 11-party unity, received 88 votes.

Voting for the presidential election began at 2 pm on Thursday. Voting continued until 5 pm. Later, after the vote counting, the results were officially announced.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman congratulated Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir after he was elected President. Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman also congratulated the newly elected President.

Election officer and CEC AMM Nasir Uddin said that the gazette of the presidential election results will be published on Thursday.

Bangladesh Secretariat and Parliament Secretariat sources said that newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will take oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban tomorrow, Friday evening. The oath-taking ceremony has been arranged for around 7:30 pm.

Mirza Fakhrul’s main rival in the presidential election was LDP Chairman Oli Ahmed, the nominated candidate of the 11-party unity.

Earlier, on July 24, the country’s 22nd President Md. Shahabuddin resigned ‘citing illness’. After his resignation, the post of President became vacant.

Later, on August 6, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the presidential election to fill the vacant post.

According to that schedule, voting was held in the National Parliament on Thursday, and after the vote counting, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was declared elected as the 23rd President of the country.