BNP-nominated candidate Mahmudul Haque Rubel has won the Sherpur-3 parliamentary by-election by a margin of more than three times his nearest rival’s votes. The unofficial results were announced by Returning Officer and District Election Officer Mohammad Jahangir Alam at 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the district election office.

According to the declared results, Rubel, who contested under the BNP’s ‘sheaf of paddy’ symbol, secured 166,117 votes. His closest competitor, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s candidate Md. Masudur Rahman, received 47,051 votes. The announcement confirmed a decisive victory for the BNP in this constituency.

The report also mentioned that BNP candidates achieved victories in both Bogura and Sherpur constituencies, while opposition parties in parliament criticized alleged irregularities in the two elections.