BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election by a huge margin, according to unofficial results announced on Thursday night after the voting.
Faisal Amin bagged 2,27,917 votes with “Sheaf of Paddy” symbol, while his nearest rival Delawar Hossain of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami polled 96,513 with “Scales” symbol.
Earlier, voting in the by-election to the constituency, which fell vacant after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was elected President, was held peacefully.
Voting took place across 185 polling centres with an average voter turnout of 64.81 percent.