Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File
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Ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Get together (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday (August 20, 2026) elected because the nation’s new President within the first contested ballot for the submit in 35 years.
The 78-year-old BNP stalwart defeated his rival Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, the Liberal Democratic Get together chairman and the nominee of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance, Chief Election Commissioner and likewise Election Returning Officer AMM Nasir Uddin stated.
Mr. Alamgir secured 255 votes whereas Oli Ahmad bagged 88 votes, he stated.
Of the whole 349 registered voters, 343 voted within the election. Six lawmakers did not vote, he added.
The President-elect will take the oath as Bangladesh’s new President on Friday (August 21, 2026) night on the Darbar Corridor of Bangabhaban.
It’s the first contested presidential election in Bangladesh since 1991, because the workplace had largely been crammed via consensus and uncontested polls in current a long time.
The presidential election was necessitated after Mohammed Shahabuddin, an in depth aide of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned final month on well being grounds earlier than finishing his five-year tenure.
Printed – August 20, 2026 06:32 pm IST
