Gazi MM Amzad Hossain Milon, former president of Tarash upazila unit of Awami League, has got the party’s nomination for contesting in the by-election to the Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency.
The party’s parliamentarian body headed by its chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has chosen Amzad after taking interviews of 19 candidates, Tofayel Ahmed, a member of the body, told the press yesterday.
The interview was held at the Gonobhaban in the capital.
The constituency fell vacant after the death of Awami League lawmaker Ishaq Hossain Talukdar.
The Election Commission (EC) decided that the by-polls to the constituency would be held on December 30.
As per schedule, candidates can submit their nomination papers till November 20, while the date for scrutinising the nomination papers is November 22 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is November 30.
A total of 3,31,336 voters, including 1,64,539 male and 1,66,797 female, will excersise their voting rights through 131 possible polling centres in the by-polls.
The constituency is comprised of one municipality (Raiganj) and 17 union parishads. There are nine union parishads under Raiganj upazila and eight union parishads under Tarash upazila.
As per article 123 (4) of the Constitution, the commission has a legal obligation to hold the by-election by January 4, 2015.
