DHAKA, Jan 3, 2019 (BSS) – The newly-elected lawmakers to the parliament
will be sworn in today as the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Secretariat is now
taking preparation to hold the oath taking ceremony.
“The newly elected parliament members are going to be sworn in tomorrow,”
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed told BSS yesterday (2 January 2019).
He said the EC has published the gazette containing the names and
addresses of candidates of 298 constituencies, adding that the gazette has
already been sent to JS Secretariat.
The Election Commission (EC) published the results of the 11th
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election through issuing a gazette notification on Tuesday.
The polling was held between 8 am and 4 pm peacefully amid a festivity in
299 seats out of total 300 on Sunday last as voting in Gaibandha-3
constituency was suspended due to death of a candidate earlier.
However, the results of Brahmanbaria-2 constituency was postponed as
voting in three centers of the constituency was suspended.
According to the polls results, Awami League bagged 259 seats, HM Ershad-
led Jatiya Party secured 20 seats while BNP got just five seats.
Workers Party bagged three seats while Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal two seats,
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh two seats and Tariqat Federation one seat.
Gonoforum bagged two seats while Manju-led Jatiya Party (JP) one seat and
independent candidates got three seats.