Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) has announced the names of 82 candidates for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary election.
The list of candidates was published through a press release signed by BNM Secretary General Dr Md Shahjahan on Thursday.
“Although many of our leaders from most of the 300 constituencies across the country had submitted nomination forms, we finalized the list based on our political ideology. Since we believe in quality over quantity, we selected 82 out of the 478 aspirants from different constituencies following a thorough evaluation,” said the release.
The candidates were selected based on criteria following principles, personal character, morals, tolerance, and compassion for the populace, among other qualities, the release added.
The party hoped that most of the nominated candidates of the party would return victorious if the election turned out to be a free, fair, and impartial one.
It should be noted that Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) was registered as a political party in the Election Commission (EC) on August 10.
The party symbol of BNM is an anchor.
The deadline for submission of nomination papers in the 12th parliamentary elections expired on Thursday.
Aspirants were asked to submit their nomination papers to the returning officers within 4pm.
The nomination papers will be scrutinized on December 1-4 and then the candidatures can be withdrawn by December 17.
The 12th parliamentary election will be held on January 7 (Sunday), 2024 as per the polls schedule announced by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on November 15 last.
