The Election Commission (EC) has declared all the nominations valid after the scrutiny of the nomination papers submitted for the election of MPs for the reserved female seats of the 12th National Parliament. As a result, the EC declared 50 women candidates elected unopposed. The winners of these candidates will be gazetted on Tuesday (February 27).
Muniruzzaman Talukder, the returning officer (joint secretary) in charge of the election in reserved women’s seats, gave this information on Sunday (February 25).
He said that the nomination papers of all 50 candidates in the reserved women seats of the 12th National Parliament have been declared valid. February 25 was the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers. As none of the candidates withdrew their candidature, all were declared elected. Among them, 48 are Awami League candidates and two are from Jatiya Party. The names of these candidates will be gazetted on Tuesday as Monday is a public holiday.
Awami League nominated MPs for reserved women seats
1. Rezia Islam (Panchgarh)
2. Draupadi Devi Aggarwal (Thakurgaon)
3. Ashika Sultana (Nilphamari)
4. Rokeya Sultana (Jaipurhat)
5. Koheri Quddus Mukti (Natore)
6. Zara Zebin Mahbub (Chapainawabganj)
7. Runu Reza (Khulna)
8. Farida Akhter Banu (Bagerhat)
9. Farzana Sumi (Barguna)
10. Khaleda Bahar Beauty (Bhola)
11. Farida Yasmin (Narsingdi)
12. Umm Farzana Sattar (Mymensingh)
13. Nadira bint Amir (Corona)
14. Mahfuza Sultana Molly (Jaipurhat)
15. Parveen Zaman Kalpana (Jhenaidah)
16. Arma Dutt (Comilla)
17. Laila Parveen (Satkhira)
18. Munnujan Sufian (Khulna)
19. Bedora Ahmed Salam (Gopalganj)
20. Shabnam Jahan (Dhaka)
21. Parul Akhter (Dhaka)
22. Sabera Begum (Dhaka)
23. Shammi Ahmed (Barisal)
24. Nahid Izhar Khan (Dhaka)
25. Jharna Ahsan (Faridpur)
26. Fazilatun Necha (Munshiganj)
27. Saheda Tarek Dipti (Dhaka)
28. Anima Mukti Gomez (Dhaka)
29. Sheikh Anna Koli Doll (Dhaka)
30. Masuda Siddique Rozi (Narsingdi)
31. Tarana Halim (Tangail)
32. Shamsun Nahar (Tangail)
33. Meher Afroz Chumki (Gazipur)
34. Aparajita Haque (Tangail)
35. Hasina Bari Chowdhury (Dhaka)
36. Nazma Akhter (Gopalganj)
37. Faridunnahar Laili (Laxmipur)
38. Ashrafun Necha (Laxmipur)
39. Kanan Ara Begum (Noakhali)
40. Shamima Haroon Lubna (Chittagong)
41. Farida Khanam (Noakhali)
42. Dilara Yusuf (Chittagong)
43. Dorothy Tanchanga (Rangamati)
44. Sanjida Khanum (Dhaka)
45. Nachima Zaman Bobby (Rangpur)
46. Nazneen Nahar Rosha (Patuakhali)
47. Wasika Ayesha Khan (Chittagong)
48. Ruma Chakraborty (Sylhet)
On the other hand, former member of parliament Salma Islam and party vice chairman Nurun Nahar have been elected as MPs from Jatiya Party.
