Five candidates in the Dinajpur-6 constituency, covering Nawabganj, Birampur, Hakimpur, and Ghoraghat, lost their deposits in the 13th National Parliament Election and Referendum 2026. The information was confirmed by the district returning officer’s office. On Thursday night, February 12, after counting votes from 199 centers, Dinajpur Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Rafiqul Islam announced the unofficial results.

According to the returning office, the constituency had 410,612 registered voters, of whom 407,277 cast their ballots, with 401,188 valid votes recorded. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Dr. A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain won with 205,118 votes, while his nearest rival, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Anwarul Islam, received 190,703 votes.

Under Election Commission rules, five candidates forfeited their deposits for failing to secure one-eighth of the total votes cast. They include independent candidates Md. Abdullah (418 votes, football symbol) and Shahnawaz Firoz Shuvo Shah (152 votes, horse symbol), BASAD’s Abdul Hakim (449 votes, ladder symbol), Jatiya Party’s Rezaul Haque (2,689 votes, plough symbol), and Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Nur Alam Siddique (1,659 votes, hand fan symbol).