BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File Photo

THAKURGAON, Jan 4, 2026 (BSS) - Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner Ishrat Farzana on Saturday declared the nomination papers of 20 candidates valid for the three parliamentary constituencies of the district, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

The decision was announced at noon following scrutiny of nomination papers submitted for the 13th National Parliament elections. A total of 24 candidates had collected nomination forms across Thakurgaon’s three constituencies, while 21 candidates submitted their papers by the deadline at 5.00 pm December 29.

After scrutiny, all three nomination papers in Thakurgaon-1 constituency, all eight in Thakurgaon-2, and nine out of ten in Thakurgaon-3 were found valid. Only one nomination—submitted by independent candidate Md. Asha Moni in Thakurgaon-3—was declared invalid.
Thakurgaon-1 constituency: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)), Delwar Hossain (Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami), Md. Khademul Islam (Islami Andolan Bangladesh).

Thakurgaon-2 constituency: Md. Abdul Hakim (Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami), Md. Nahid Rana (AB Party), Nurun Nahar Begum (National Party), Mohammad Rezaul Karim (Islami Andolan Bangladesh), Md. Zulfikar Mortuza Chowdhury (Independent), Md. Abdus Salam (Bangladesh Nationalist Party), Md. Faruk Hossain (Gana Adhikar Parishad) and Shahabuddin Ahmed (Bangladesh Communist Party)
Thakurgaon-3 constituency: Md. Mamunur Rashid Mamun (Gana Odhikar Parishad), Md. Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami), S. M. Khalilur Rahman Sarkar (Bangladesh Muslim League), Md. Zahidur Rahman (Bangladesh Nationalist Party), Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (National Party), Prabhat Sameer Shahjahan Alam (Bangladesh Communist Party), Md. Abul Kalam Azad (Bangladesh Supreme Party), Kamala Kanta Roy (Bangladesh Minority Janata Party—BMJP) and Md. Al Amin (Islami Andolan Bangladesh).

Election officials said the next steps will proceed in line with the election schedule announced by the Election Commission.