Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- BNP candidate Mirza Faisal Amin has won the Thakurgaon-1 by-election, defeating his closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hosen, by 131,336 votes.

Returning Officer and Thakurgaon District Election Officer Kamrul Islam declared Faisal the winner around 9:30pm on Thursday.

Faisal, the younger brother of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, received 227,789 votes, while Delawar secured 96,453 votes.

Voter turnout in the by-election stood at 64.77 percent.

Election and administrative officials from different levels of the district were present during the announcement of the results.

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