The ruling Awami League surprised everyone by releasing the list of candidates nominated for 298 seats ahead of the 12th national election on Sunday.
A total of 71 members of the 11th National Parliament have dropped out and 104 new candidates have been added to this list.
The new candidates are-
Panchagarh-1 Md Naimuzzaman Bhuiyan
Thakurgaon-2 Md Mazharul Islam
Thakurgaon-3 Md Emdadul Haque
Nilphamari-3 Md Golam Mostafa
Nilphamari-4 Md Zakir Hossain Babul
Lalmonirhat-3 Md Motiyar Rahman
Rangpur-1 Md Rezaul Karim Raju
Rangpur-3 Tushar Kanti Mandal
Rangpur-5 Rashek Rahman
Kurigram-2 Md Zafar Ali
Kurigram-3 Soumendra Prasad Pandey
Kurigram-4 Md Biplab Hasan
Gaibandha-1 Afroza Bari
Gaibandha-4 Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Bogra-2 Touhidur Rahman Manik
Bogra-3 Md. Sirajul Islam Khan Raju
Bogra-4 Md. Helal Uddin Kabiraj
Bogra-5 Md Mujibur Rahman (Majnu)
Bogra-7 Md Mustafa Alam
Naogaon-3 Sourendra Nath Chakraborty
Naogaon-4 Md. Nahid Morshed
Rajshahi-2 Mohammad Ali
Rajshahi-3 Md Asaduzzaman Asad
Rajshahi-4 Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Rajshahi-5 Md. Abdul Wadud
Sirajganj-2 Mrs Jannat Ara Henry
Sirajganj-4 Md. Shafiqul Islam
Sirajganj-6 Chayan Islam
Pabna-4 Galibur Rahman Sharif
Meherpur-2 Abu Saleh Mohammad Nazmul Haque
Kushtia-2 will be announced later
Jhenaidah-3 Md Salah Uddin Miyaji
Jessore-2 Md Tauhidujzaman
Jessore-4 Enamul Haque Babul
Magura-1 Shakib Al Hasan
Bagerhat-4 HM Badiuzzaman Sohag
Khulna-1 Noni Gopal Mandal
Khulna-3 SM Kamal Hossain
Khulna-6 Md Roshiduzzaman
Satkhira-1 Firoz Ahmed Swapan
Satkhira-2 Asaduzzaman Babu
Satkhira-4 SM Ataul Haque
Barguna-2 Sultana Nadira
Barisal-2 Talukder Md Yunus
Barisal-3 Sardar Md Khaled Hossain
Barisal-4 Shammee Ahmed
Barisal-6 Abdul Hafiz Mollik
Pirojpur-2 Kanai Lal Bishwas
Pirojpur-3 Md Ashrafur Rahman
Tangail-3 Md Kamrul Hasan Khan
Tangail-4 Md Mozaharul Islam Talukder
Tangail-5 Md Mamun-ur-Rashid
Tangail-8 Anupam Shahjahan Joy
Jamalpur-1 Nur Mohammad
Jamalpur-4 Md Mahbubur Rahman
Jamalpur-5 Md Abul Kalam Azad
Sherpur-3 ADM Shahidul Islam
Mymensingh-2 Sharif Ahmed
Mymensingh-3 Nilufar Anjum
Mymensingh-4 Mohammad Mohit Ur Rahman
Mymensingh-8 Abdus Sattar
Mymensingh-9 Abdus Salam
Netrokona-1 Mostaq Ahmed Ruhi
Netrokona-5 Ahmed Hossain
Kishoreganj-2 Abdul Kahar Akanda
Kishoreganj-3 Nasirul Islam Khan
Manikganj-1 Abdus Salam
Munshiganj-1 Mohiuddin Ahmed
Dhaka-4 Sanjida Khanam
Dhaka-5 Harunur Rashid Munna
Dhaka-6 Sayeed Khokon
Dhaka-7 Mohammad Solaiman Selim
Dhaka-8 AFM Bahauddin Nasim
Dhaka-10 Ferdous Ahmed
Dhaka-11 Wakil Uddin
Dhaka-13 Jahangir Kabir Nanak
Dhaka-14 Md Mainul Hossain Khan
Gazipur-3 Rumana Ali
Narsingdi-3 Fazle Rabbi Khan
Narayanganj-3 Abdullah-Al-Kaiser
Narayanganj-5 will be announced later
Faridpur-1 Md Abdur Rahman
Faridpur-2 Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury
Sunamganj-1 Ranjit Chandra Sarker
Sunamganj-2 Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mahmud
Sunamganj-4 Md Sadique
Sylhet-2 Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury
Sylhet-5 Masuk Uddin Ahmed
Maulvibazar-2 Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel
Maulvibazar-3 Mohammad Jillur Rahman
Habiganj-1 Md Mushfique Hossain Chowdhury
Habiganj-2 Moyez Uddin Sharif
Brahmanbaria-5 Fayzur Rahman
Comilla-1 Md Abdus Sabur
Comilla-8 Abi Zafar Mohamamd Shafi Uddin
Chandpur-1 Selim Mahmud
Chandpur-2 Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury
Feni-1 Alauddin Ahmed Chowhdury
Feni-2 Nizam Uddin Hazari
Noakhali-6 Mohammad Ali
Lakshmipur -4 Faridunnahar Laily
Chittagong -1 Mahabub Ur Rahman
Chittagong -2 Khadizatul Anwar
Chittagong -4 SM Al Mamun
Chittagong -5 Mohammad Abdus Salam
Chittagong -12 Motaherul Islam Chowdhury
Cox's Bazar-1 Salah Uddin Ahmed
On Sunday, the ruling party Awami League finalized the party candidate for the 12th national parliamentary election.
General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names of the candidates at a press conference at the party office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.
