A total of 1,981 candidates will contest the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election in 298 constituencies across the country. The election, along with a referendum, will be held on February 12.
An Election Commission official said that among the candidates, 1,732 are nominated by 51 registered political parties, while 249 are independent candidates.
The EC said the final list of candidates for Pabna-1 and Pabna-2 will be completed after January 27 due to a revised election schedule in those constituencies.
According to the EC, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has fielded 288 candidates. Islamic Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) has candidates in 253 seats, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami will contest in 224 seats.
Other parties include the Jatiya Party with 192 candidates, Gono Odhikar Parishad with 90, National Citizen Party (NCP) with 32, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis with 34, and Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) with 30 candidates.
Voting will take place on February 12 from 7:30am to 4:30pm without any break. Both the parliamentary election and the referendum will be held using ballot papers and transparent ballot boxes.
Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin announced the election schedule on December 11 through a televised address to the nation.
