Election Commission cancelled 260 nominations out of a total 1107 submitted for the 10th parliamentary election slated for January 5.
About 46 out of the 260 till yesterday appealed to the commission against the rejection of their nomination during the scrutiny.
The returning officers cancelled maximum 76 independent candidates’ nominations for anomaly on their one percent of voters’ signature. Nomination of both Awami League and Jatiya Party candidates were cancelled as they did not submit proof of the party nomination.
The EC cancelled 40 candidates’ nominations for loan, bill and tax defaults, 39 candidates’ nomination were cancelled for providing wrong and incomplete information and 12 nominations were cancelled for participating in the polls without leaving their posts at office of profit.
Besides, 23 candidates’ nominations were cancelled for not submitting the proof of party nomination and 45 candidates’ nominations were cancelled for other reasons.
The commission did not provide any reason for cancelling the rest of the 25 candidates’ nominations.
Those whose nominations were cancelled on December 6, can file appeal to the EC till Monday and those whose nominations were cancelled on December 5, can appeal by Sunday.
A senior EC official yesterday said the commission would hold hearing of appeal from December 10 to
December 12.
There were 847 valid candidates for the 10th parliamentary polls while 1,450 candidates for the February 15 elections in 1996.
Meanwhile, following the scrutiny, there was no valid candidate in the Laxmipur-3 parliamentary constituency.
The returning officer cancelled Jainal Hazari’s nomination for not paying up gas bill and taxes.
According to the EC, 20 out of the 40 registered political party were contesting in the 10th parliamentary elections.
