United News of Bangladesh

Six MPs-elect of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Tuesday took oath as members of the Parliament and members of the Constitution Reform Council(CRC). Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin administered the oath of office to the MPs at the Oath Taking Room of Sangsad Bhaban at 1:05 pm. Earlier, BNP MPs took  oath as only members of the 13th parliament, not as members of the Constitution Reform Council on Tuesday morning. Parliament Secretariat Secretary Kaniz Moula conducted the oath-taking ceremony. The MPs-elect of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam took  oath as members of both the 13th Parliament and the Constitution Reform Council at 12:22 pm. The 13th parliamentary election and referendum on the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order 2025 were held on Thursday last (February 12) in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies amid festivity and peaceful atmosphere. On Friday last, the EC published a gazette of 297 elected MP candidates. The election results of two other constituencies – Chattogram-2 and 4-- were withheld as per the court orders.  Besides, the election to Sherpur-3 was earlier cancelled following the death of a contesting candidate. But, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman left Bogura-6 seat for by-election, taking oath as a member of parliament from Dhaka-17 constituency. In the election, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured 209 parliamentary seats, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 68. Besides, National Citizen Party-NCP settled victory in six constituencies, independent candidates in seven constituencies, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish in two, Islami Andolan Bangladesh in one, Bangladesh Jatiya Party-BJP (led by Andaleeve Rahman Partho) in one, Ganaodhikar Parishad in one, Ganasamhati Andolan in one and Khelafat Majlish in one parliamentary seat. So, the BNP-led electoral alliance sealed victory in a total of 212 constituencies, while the Jamaat-led electoral alliance won in 77 constituencies.