Just days before the general elections, two candidates secured their candidacies following a High Court order that cleared the last remaining hurdles in their way.
The candidates are Mahfuzur Rahman of Chittagong-3 constituency and Jatiya Party-backed Zafar Iqbal Siddiqi of Nilphamari-1 constituency.
The Election Commission has already given them the go-ahead and instructed returning officers to add their names to the list of participating candidates, said Basudev Roy, deputy secretary of its legal wing.
However, the commission is yet to decide on the candidacies of two more aspiring contenders, from Comilla-8 and Chittagong-3 constituencies.
With the latest additions, the number of candidates participating in the January 5 elections stands at 388, while 154 candidates are set to be elected uncontested. Elections will be held in a total of 146 parliamentary constituencies.
Officials at the commission said ballot papers would have to be reprinted following the latest additions. There are 332,785 voters in Nilphamari-1 and 176,872 in Chittagong-3.
