The Election Commission has declared that a total of 48 women MPs officially elected unopposed from reserved seats as they had no rival.
Returning Officer Jesmin Tuli issued a notification declaring them elected unofficially on Wednesday morning.
Of the 48 women MPs, 38 were nominated by the ruling Awami League while five by Ershad-led Jatiya Party, three by a coalition of 16 independent MPs and one each by Workers Party and JSD.
The AL-nominated candidates are Selina Jahan Lita, Safura Begum, Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia, Advocate Umme Kulsum Smriti, Begum Akhter Jahan, Selina Begum, Selina Akhter Banu, Laila Arjuman Banu, Shirin Nayeem, Kamrul Laila Jolly, Happy Boral, Rifat Amin, Nasima Ferdousi, Lutfun Nesa, Momtaz Begum Advocate, Advocate Tarana Halim, Monwara Begum, Mahjabin Khaled, Fatema Zohra Rani, Dilara Begum, Fatematuz Zohura, Fazilatunnesa Indira, Pinu Khan, Sanjida Khanam, Nilufar Jafar Ullah, Rokhsana Yasmin Chhuti, Advocate Navana Akhter, Asmatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury, Shamsun Nahar Begum, Fazilaunnesa Bappy, Wasika Ayesha Khan, Jahanara Begum Surma, Firoza Begum Chinu, Amina Ahmed, Sabina Akhter Tuhin, Rahima Akhter, Advocate Hosne Ara Bably and Kamrun Nahar Chowdhury Lovely.
The Jatiya Party candidates are Nur-e-Hasna Lily Chowdhury, Mahzabin Morshed, Merina Rahman, Rawshan Ara Mannan and Shahanara Begum.
Lutfa Taher, wife of late Col Taher, is from Jasad while Hazera Khatun from Workers Party.
The remaining three candidates – Kazi Rosy, Nurjahan Begum and Umme Razia Kajol — are from the alliance of independent candidates.
Earlier, the AL led alliance submitted 41 nominations, Jatiya Party six and independent alliance three.
However, following the scrutiny of nomination papers for the women reserved seats in the 10th parliament, the Election Commission has cancelled the nominations of Awami League nominated Sabiha Nahar Begum and Jatiya Party nominated Khorshed Ara Haque for defaulting telephone bills.
Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) will get Tk223, 488 from Khorshed Ara and Tk11, 835 from Sabiha Nahar.
According to the laws, the candidates have to clear their bills and loans before seven days of filing nomination papers.
Earlier, the commission asked the Bangladesh Bank for information on loan defaulters, as well as on bill defaulters from the BTCL, Wasa and other utility authorities.