Dhaka, April 9 -- Rezaul Karim Badsha, the candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has secured a decisive victory in the by-election for the Bogura-6 (Sadar) constituency.

Returning Officer and District Election Officer Fazlul Karim officially announced the results around 8:40pm on Thursday, following a day of polling.

According to the final tally, Badsha received 133,931 votes.

His nearest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abidur Rahman Sohel secured 57,169 votes.

Al Amin of the Bangladesh Development Party trailed significantly with 526 votes.

The returning officer reported a voter turnout of 42.37 percent.

Out of a total of 450,309 registered voters, 191,696 cast their ballots.

The by-election was necessitated after ...