Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the BNP received 255 votes to Oli Ahmed's 88 in a parliamentary election at Jatiya Sangsad on [date not specified], with 343 of 349 eligible MPs casting ballots under Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. The vote marked the first contested presidential election in 35 years. Alamgir had been nominated by the BNP the prior week and resigned his party posts to assume the largely ceremonial role.