Women Rserved Seats
49 Candidates Elected MPs Uncontested; Gazette Published
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The Election Commission (EC) has published the official gazette declaring 49 candidates victoy in the reserved women's seats for the 13th National Parliament.
The winners include 36 candidates from the BNP, 12 from the Jamaat alliance, and one from an independent alliance.
The winners from BNP are:
Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akhter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arlee, Mst. Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Shakila Farzana, Helen Zerin Khan, Nilofar Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Jiba Amina Khan, Mahmuda Habiba, Sabira Sultana, Sansila Jebrin, Sanjida Islam Tuli, Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Haque, Anna Minz, Suborna Sikder, Shamim Ara Begum Swapna, Shammi Akhter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Bithika Binte Hossain, Suraiya Zerin, Mansura Akhter, Joharat Adib Chowdhury, Momtaz Alo, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Sanjida Yasmin, Nadia Pathan Papon, Shawkat Ara Akhter, Madhavi Marma, Selina Sultana, and Rezeka Sultana.
Winners from Jamaat alliance are:
Nurunnessa Siddika, Marzia Begum, Sabikun Nahar Munni, Mardia Momtaz, Nazmun Nahar Nilu, Mahfuza Siddika, Sajeda Samad, Samsun Nahar, Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Tasmia Prodhan, Mahbuba Hakim, and Rokeya Begum.
The lone winner From Independent Alliance is Sultana Jasmine Jui.
Background and Process
The Returning Officer and EC Joint Secretary, Moin Uddin Khan, had previously released the valid list of the 49 candidates at the Election Building.
Earlier, the EC canceled the nomination paper of Monira Sharmin, Joint Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP). Meanwhile, the court directed the EC to accept the nomination of another Joint Convener of the party, Nusrat Tabassum. Regarding this, the Returning Officer stated yesterday, "We have no information regarding anyone appealing in court against the EC's decision. However, candidate Nusrat Tabassum submitted a copy of a court verdict to the Commission. The EC has been asked to settle this matter within 72 hours."
Timeline of the election was as follows:
April 21: Deadline for submission of nomination papers. A total of 53 candidates submitted papers for 50 seats. Four nominations were rejected during the verification process.
The deadline for withdrawing candidacies expired at 4:00 PM this Wednesday.
Although the election for the reserved women's seats was originally scheduled for May 12, all 49 candidates were elected unopposed as there were no competing candidates for the respective seats.
However, one seat currently remains vacant. The Election Commission will decide on the schedule for that seat or the next steps following the court order regarding the additional candidate at a later date.
