ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh's Prime Minister-elect Tarique Rahman and other newly elected lawmakers from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) took oaths Tuesday in the National Parliament, the country’s state broadcaster reported.

According to state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir Uddin administered the oaths at 10:43 am local time in the parliament's Oath Room. Parliament Secretary Kaniz Moula led the ceremony.

The MPs then signed the official oath register.

The BNP secured 209 seats alone in the Feb. 12 election for the 300-seat unicameral legislature. Its allies—the National Rights Council, Bangladesh Jatiya Party, and Gano Sanghati Andolon—each took one seat.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats and forms the main opposition. Its partners claimed eight more: six for the National Citizen Party, two for Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis, and one for Khelafat Majlish. Islami Andolon Bangladesh grabbed one seat.

Independents took seven seats.

The Bangladesh Election Commission published results for 297 seats on Friday. It delayed two Chittagong-area constituencies – a major port city – and one in Sherpur due to a candidate's death.

Later in the day, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman was also elected parliamentary party leader unopposed. BNP media official Shairul Kabir Khan announced the result from a party meeting in the parliament building.

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