Trinamool BNP has released the list of candidates for 280 seats for the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections. Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, chairperson of the party, will contest in Sylhet-6 seat while Secretary General Taimur Alam Khandkar will contest from Narayanganj-1 constituency.
On Wednesday (November 29) afternoon, the party's Secretary General Taimur Alam Khandkar announced the list of candidates through a press conference at the party's office on Topkhana Road in the capital.
At the time, he said, we have given more than one candidate in some constituencies. Multiple candidates are given to see who is popular.
According to the announced schedule of the 12th Parliament election, the deadline for submitting nomination papers is tomorrow 30 November, the selection of nomination papers is from 1 to 4 December, the filing and settlement of appeals against the decision of the returning officer to the commission is 5 to 15 December, the deadline for withdrawal of candidature is 17 December. The returning officers will allot the symbols on December 18. The election campaign will continue till 8 am on January 5. And the polling will be on January 7 (Sunday).
In this year's national parliament election, the total number of voters across the country is 11 crore 96 lakh 91 thousand 633 people. The Election Commission (EC) released the final voter count for the parliamentary elections on November 2. According to the information provided by the EC, 6 crore 7 lakh 71 thousand 579 of the total voters are male voters while 5 crore 89 lakh 19 thousand 202 are women voters. And the number of Hijra voters is 852.