BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected Bangladesh's 23rd President
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been elected as the 23rd President of Bangladesh. The presidential election was held on Thursday at the Jatiya Sangsad, the country's parliament, with voting conducted between 2 pm and 5 pm local time. Alamgir won decisively with 255 votes, defeating rival Oli Ahmed, who was backed by an 11-party opposition alliance including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party. Ahmed received 88 votes in the contest. The election was overseen by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin.
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