The Election Commission (EC) has started scrutinizing the papers of the candidates who submitted their nominations for the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections.
As per the EC's schedule, the candidates' nomination papers will be scrutinized by the returning officer from December 1 to December 4. Meanwhile, the deadline for submission of nomination papers ended on Thursday.
According to the official data of the Election Commission, a total of 2,741 nomination papers were submitted against 300 constituencies across the country.
A total of 30 out of 44 registered political parties submitted their nomination forms to contest the election.
Based on data from the Election Commission (EC), 303 candidates of Bangladesh Awami League (Election Symbol: Boat), 304 candidates of Jatiya Party (Plough), 218 candidates of Zaker Party (Rose), 151 candidates of Trinamool BNP (Golden Fiber), 142 from National People's Party-NPP (Mango), 116 from Bangladesh Congress (Coconut), 91 from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSod), 47 from Bangladesh Tarikat Federation (Garland), 13 from Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon (Banyan Tree) 13, 18 from Bangladesh Kalyan Party (Wristwatch), 39 from Islami Front Bangladesh (Chair), 13 from Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Jackfruit), 25 from Gano Front (Fish), 9 from Gano Forum (Rising Sun), 45 from Islami Oikya Jote (Minar), 37 from Bangladesh Islami Front (Candle), 20 from Jatiya Party-JP (Bicycle), 34 from Krishak Sramik Janata League (Gamcha), 12 from Ganotantri Party (Pigeon), 33 from Bangladesh Worker’s Party (Hammer), 14 from Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (Kula), 82 from Bangladesh Supreme Party (Ektara), 49 from Bangladesh Nationalist Movement(BNM) (Nongor), 55 from Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) 55, 74 from Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijot (Chari), 5 from Bangladesh Muslim League (BML), 6 from Bangladesh National Awami Party-NAP (Kureghar), 1 from Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Ladder), 1 from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish (Rickshaw), 2 from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Palm Tree) and Bangladesh Muslim League (Haricane) have submitted nomination papers for the upcoming 12th national parliamentary elections.
The deadline for filing and disposing of appeals against the returning officer's decision is December 5–15, and the last date for withdrawing candidacy is December 17.
The returning officers will allocate symbols on December 18. The election campaign will continue till 8am on January 5. The election will be held on January 7 (Sunday).
There are some 110.96 million voters across the country in this parliamentary election. On November 2, the Election Commission (EC) released the final number of voters for the parliamentary elections.
According to their data, the number of male voters among the total voters is 60,771,579 while female voters is 58,919,202. The number of voters from the transgender community is 852.
