The Election Commission has suspended the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12, and now the Election Commission announced today that Re-election will be held in Gaibandha-5 constituency on January 4.
The candidates of the Gaibandha-5 by-election are—Awami League candidate Mahmud Hasan Ripon, Jatiya Party candidate AHM Golam Shaheed Ranju, Bikalpa Dhara candidate Advocate Jahangir Alam, Independent candidate Nahiduzzaman Nishad and Syed Mahbubur Rahman.