Just five days before the 10th parliamentary election slated for January 5, one more candidate secured his candidature following a High Court order yesterday.
Independent candidate ASM Kamrul Islam of Comilla 8 got the chance to contest the polls, reducing the total number of uncontested constituencies to 153.
Jatiya Party backed candidate Nurul Islam Milon was set to be elected uncontested from this constituency.
The Election Commission has instructed the returning officer concerned to allocate election symbol to the candidate, said Basudev Roy, deputy secretary of its legal wing.
Kamrul’s nomination was cancelled at the appeal hearing in EC while the nomination remained valid after scrutiny by the returning officer.
Earlier, two candidates – Mahfuzur Rahman of Chittagong 3 and Jatiya Party backed Zafar Iqbal Siddiqi of Nilphamari 1 – also got chances to contest the polls.
With the latest additions, the number of candidates participating in the January 5 elections stands at 389 and elections will be held in a total of 147 parliamentary constituencies.
Officials at the commission said ballot papers would have to be reprinted following the latest additions.
Meanwhile, Border Guard Bangladesh and Coast Guard will be deployed from tomorrow to January 7 to maintain the law and order situation during the polls.
