Aspirants from 51 of the country’s 59 registered political parties have filed nomination papers for the national election scheduled for February 12, according to Election Commission data.

In a little over 30 hours, Tasnim Jara, former senior joint member secretary of the NCP, finished collecting the 4,693 signatures needed to submit the election nomination form as an independent candidate.

A total of 2,582 candidates submitted nomination papers for the upcoming parliamentary polls by the end of the deadline yesterday, as the final count settled without reports of any major breaches of the electoral code of conduct.

Nomination papers submitted

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Nomination papers of those who enter the premises by 5pm will be accepted, he says

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Political parties are locked in fevered, last-minute negotiations to settle their line-ups for the February 12 polls, as today marks the final deadline for submitting nomination papers to the Election Commission.

The acting chairman will contest two constituencies in the upcoming 13th parliamentary election

They applied to be registered as voters in Ward-19 under Dhaka-17 constituency, EC official says

Some 7,40,000 voters, including more than 5,34,000 expatriates from different countries around the world, have been registered to vote through postal ballots in the national election scheduled for February 12, 2026.

Dec 29 last date for submitting form

The eight-party bloc, which includes Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Andolan Bangladesh, has yet to agree on seat-sharing for the general election, with the deadline for nomination papers set for December 29.

Bangladesh is showing signs of sliding into a “transition trap”, with reform commitments failing to translate into meaningful action, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Collects nomination form as an independent candidate

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