The allocation of electoral symbols for January’s general election commenced at the offices of returning officers across Bangladesh on Sunday morning.
Candidates can carry out their election campaigns maintaining the electoral code of conduct after receiving their symbols till 8am on January 5.
Altogether 1,896 candidates are left to run for parliament after 347 contenders withdrew their candidacies on Sunday.
The candidacy of five was pending, Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam said, adding that 27 political parties were contesting the 12th parliamentary polls.
