27 candidates lose their deposits in Tangail
According to the results announced by the District Returning Officer, the highest The number of forfeitures occurred in Tangail-5 (Sadar), where seven candidates lost their deposits.
Deposits of 27 out of 47 candidates contesting in eight parliamentary constituencies of the district have been forfeited for failing to secure the minimum required votes in the latest national polls.
Under the rules of the Election Commission of Bangladesh, a candidate must
obtain at least one-eighth of the total casting votes in a constituency.
Otherwise, the security deposit of Taka 50,000 submitted during nomination
filing is forfeited and deposited into the government treasury.
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According to the results announced by the District Returning Officer, the highest
number of forfeitures occurred in Tangail-5 (Sadar), where seven candidates
lost their deposits.
In Tangail-1 (Madhupur-Dhanbari), four candidates-- Jatiya Party's Muhammad
Ilias Hossain, Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Harun Or Rashid, and an independent
candidates Mohammad Ali and Asadul Islam-- forfeited their deposits.
In Tangail-2 (Bhuapur-Gopalpur), two candidates-- Islami Andolan Bangladesh's
Monowar Hossain Sagar and Jatiya Party's Humayun Kabir Talukder-- failed to
secure the required votes.
In Tangail-3 (Ghatail), independent candidate Ainin Nahar and Islami Andolan
Bangladesh's Rezaul Karim lost their deposits.
In Tangail-4 (Kalihati), three candidates, Jatiya Party's Liaqat Ali, independent candidate Abdul Halim Mia, and Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Ali Amjad Hossain, forfeited their deposits.
In Tangail-5 (Sadar), seven candidates lost their deposits, including Bangladesh Congress's AKM Shafiqul Islam, Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Khandaker Zakir Hossain, Gana Sanghati Andolan's Fatema Akhter, Jatiya Party's Mozammel Haque, Gono Odhikar Parishad's Md. Shafiqul Islam, Bangladesh Supreme Party's Md.Hasrat Khan Bhasani, and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal's Syed Khalequzzaman Mostafa.
In Tangail-6 (Nagarpur-Delduar), five candidates, Jatiya Party's Tarek Shams
and Mohammad Mamunur Rahim, Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Md. Akhinur Mia, and independent candidates, Md. Jewel Sarkar and Muhammad Ashraful Islam--
forfeited their deposits.
In Tangail-7 (Mirzapur), Bangladesh Republican Party's Tofazzal Hossain
failed to secure the minimum votes required.
In Tangail-8 (Basail-Sakhipur), three candidates, Bangladesh Revolutionary Workers Party's Awar Mahmud, Aam Janata Dal's Alamgir Hossain, and Jatiya Party's Nazmul Hasan, lost their deposits.
District Senior Election Officer Taijul Islam Jalan said that candidates who do not obtain one-eighth of the total votes automatically forfeit their deposits, which are subsequently transferred to the state treasury in accordance with election regulations.
