Jatiya Party has announced the names of candidates for 289 constituencies for the upcoming national parliamentary elections, slated for January 7, 2024.
Mujibul Haque Chunnu, secretary general of the party, on Monday (27 November) revealed the names at the party chairperson`s office in Banani area of the capital.
Party chairperson GM Quader will contest the elections from Rangpur-3 and Dhaka-17 constituencies, and his wife Sharifa Quader will from Dhaka-18. Incumbent parliament member Salim Osman secured his nomination for Narayanganj-5 constituency once again.
However, the party has kept the Mymensingh-4 seat vacant for the party`s chief patron, Raushan Ershad.
Mujibul Haque Chunnu said, "Our chief patron has not yet taken her nomination form. This seat has been kept vacant in her honor."
"Decisions on candidates for the remaining seats could not be made due to multiple contenders. We will finalise the candidates for those seats within the next one to two days. Two or one seat may be left vacant," he added.
Prior to announcing the candidates, the Jatiya Party held interviews with prospective nominees of Chattogram, Mymensingh and Dhaka divisions from 11:00 am, Sunday.
The party sold a total of 1,752 nomination forms in four days starting from 21 November.
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