The Election Commission (EC) has published the two separate gazette notifications of the 297 Members of Parliament elected to the 13th parliament as well as the referendum results.
The two gazettes were issued on Friday night by EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed.
The names of the elected MPs along with their fathers’ or husbands’ names, mothers’ names and addresses have been published in the gazette.
The process for administering the oath to the newly elected lawmakers will now be arranged.
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Earlier on Thursday last, the voting was held in 299 out of 300 constituencies across the country in the 13th parliamentary election and referendum on July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order 2025.
The election in Sherpur-3 constituency was earlier cancelled following the death of a contesting candidate.
The EC on Friday announced the unofficial results of 297 constituencies and kept the results of Chattogram-2 and 4 constituencies postponed in the line of the court orders.
In the election, BNP secured victory in 209 out of the 297 constituencies. BNP candidates are also leading in the two constituencies - Chattogram-2 and 4– where results have been withheld. Besides, BNP’s alliance partners – BJP (Andaleeve Rahman Partho), Ganaodhikar Parishad and Ganasamhati Andolan– won three seats.
On the other hand, Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats, while other partners of the Jamaat-led 11-party electoral alliance secured nine seats. Of them, NCP secured six seats, while Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish gained two seats and Khelafat Majlish won one seat.
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Besides, seven independent candidates clinched victory in seven other parliamentary seats.
According to the separate gazette issued by the EC, a total of 48,200,660 voters cast their votes in favour of ‘Yes’ option, while 22,071,726 voters voted ‘No’ option. The number of rejected ballots in the referendum was also significant, standing at 7,422,637.
According to the Constitution, newly elected MPs must take their oath, typically administered by the Speaker within three days of the gazette notification. Due to the resignation/absence of the 12th Parliament Speaker, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) or a President-nominated person will administer the oath.
The Article 148 (2A) states,”If, within three days next after publication through official Gazette of the result of a general election of members of Parliament under clause (3) of article 123, the person specified under the Constitution for the purpose or such other person designated by that person for the purpose, is unable to, or does not, administer oath to the newly elected members of Parliament, on any account, the Chief Election Commissioner shall administer such oath within three days next thereafter, as if, he is the person specified under the Constitution for the purpose.”