Manikganj Election: 13 candidates lose deposits as BNP sweeps 3 seats

13 out of 20 candidates who contested the national election from three parliamentary constituencies in Manikganj have lost their deposits after failing to secure the minimum required votes.

Under Election Commission rules, candidates must obtain at least 12.5% of the total valid votes in their respective constituencies to retain their deposits.

An analysis of the final results shows that a majority of contestants in the district did not meet that threshold.

Across Manikganj-1, Manikganj-2 and Manikganj-3, candidates from smaller political parties and several independents were among those who forfeited their deposits, while nominees of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured decisive victories in all three seats, election officials said.

Manikganj-1

In Manikganj-1 (Ghior–Daulatpur–Shibalaya), four of the seven candidates lost their deposits, according to the officials.

BNP candidate SA Jinnah Kabir won the seat with 137,773 votes. Independent candidate Mohammad Tojammel Haque Toja came second with 77,818 votes, followed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abu Bakar Siddique, who received 71,310 votes.

The candidates who failed to reach the required vote share were from Gono Odhikar Parishad, Jontar Dal, Islami Andolon Bangladesh, and an independent contender.

Manikganj-2

In Manikganj-2 (Singair–Harirampur and part of Sadar), two of the four candidates forfeited their deposits.

BNP's Moinul Islam Khan won with 175,776 votes, well ahead of his nearest rival Mohammad Salah Uddin of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, who secured 81,531 votes.

Candidates from the Jatiya Party and Islami Andolon Bangladesh did not obtain sufficient votes to retain their deposits.

Manikganj-3

In Manikganj-3 (Sadar–Saturia), seven of the nine candidates lost their deposits.

BNP candidate Afroza Khanam Rita was elected with 167,345 votes. Her closest competitor, Muhammad Saidunur of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, received 68,282 votes.

Among those forfeiting deposits were candidates from Jatiyo Party, Jatiyo Party (JP), Bangladesh Jasad, Islami Andolon Bangladesh and several independents.

Clear Margins

The results underline the dominance of BNP candidates in the district, who won all three seats by substantial margins, the election officials said.

In each constituency, most rival candidates failed to cross the 12.5% threshold required to retain their deposits, reflecting a wide gap between the leading contenders and the rest of the field.