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Awami League leaves 26 seats for Jatiya Party, 6 for allies

December 18, 2023, 09:39 AM

Awami League leaves 26 seats for Jatiya Party, 6 for allies

Staff Reporter

Awami League has left 26 seats for Jatiya Party and 6 for the 14-Party Alliance partners in the upcoming parliamentary election slated for January 7.

AL office secretary Biplab Barua on Sunday said this while taking to reporters at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city. Biplab came to inform the EC about the withdrawal of his party contestants in 32 constituencies.

AL has left three seats for Hasanul Huq Inu-led Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad), two seats for Rashed Khan Menon-led Workers Party of Bangladesh and one for Anwar Hossain Manju-led Jatiya Party (Manju).

AL on Sunday withdrew its contestants from 30 constituencies and the party earlier didn‍‍`t field candidates in two, out of the 32 constituencies.

The 26 seats left for Jatiya Party are Thakurgaon 3, Niphamari 3 and 4, Rangpur 1 and 3, Kurigram 1 and 2, Gaibnadha 1 and 2, Bogura 2 and 3, Sathkhira 2, Patuakhali 1, Barishal 3, Pirojpur 3, Myemnsingh 5 and 8, Kishoreganj 3, Manikganj 1, Dhaka 18, Habiganj 1, Brahmanbaria 2, Feni 3, Chhatagram 5 and 8, and Naryanganj 5.

The six seats left for the partners of 14-party alliance are Bagura 4, Rajshahi 2, Kushtia 2, Barishal 2, Pirojpur 2 and Laxmipur 4.

The JP contestants in the 26 seats are Hafiz Uddin Ahmed in Thakurgaon 3, Rana Mohammad Sohel in Niphamari 3, Ahsan Adelur Rahman in Nilphamari 4, Hossain Mukbul Shahriar in Rangpur 1, Ghulam Mohammad Quader (GM Quader) in Rangpur 3, AKM Mustafizur Rahman in Kurigram 1, Panir Uddin Ahmed in Kurigram 2, Shamim Haider Patwary in Gaibandha 1, Abdur Rashid Sarker in Gaibandha 2,Shariful Islam Jinnah in Bogura 2 Md Nurul Islam Talukder in Bogura 3, Md Ashrafuzzaman in Sathkhira 2, ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader in Patuakhlai 1, Ghulam Kibria Tipu in Barishal 3, Md Mashrekul Azam Robi in Pirojpur 3, Salah Uddin Ahmed (Mukti) in Mymensingh 5 Fakhrul Imam in Mymensingh 8, Md Mujibul Huque Chunnu in Kishoreganj 3, Jahirul Alam Rubel in Manikganj 1, Sharifa Qauder in Dhaka 18, Md Abdul Moneem Chowdhury in Habiganj 1, Md Abdul Hamid in Brahmanbaria 2, Masud Uddin Chowdhury in Feni 3, Anisul Islam Mahmud in Chhatogram 5 and Md Solaiman Alam Sheth in Chattogram 8, and Selim Osman in Narayanganj 5.

The three Workers Party contenders are Rashed Khan Menon in Barishal 2, Fazle Hossain Badsha in Rajshahi 2 and AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen in Bogura 4, three Jasod candidates are Hasanul Huq Inu in Kushtia 2, Mosharraf Hossain in Laxmipur 4 and Jatiya Party (JP-Manju) contestant Anwar Hossain (Manju) in Pirojpur 2.