WOMEN seats in JS: All picks secure unopposed victory

Staff Reporter :
All fifty candidates fielded by the ruling Awami League and Jatiya Party have been declared elected unopposed in the 50 seats reserved for women in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS).

This development comes as a result of the withdrawal deadline for nomination papers passing without any contestants stepping forward, according to returning officer Md Moniruzzaman Talukdar.

The announcement was confirmed by Shariful Alam, the director of public relations at the Election Commission secretariat, earlier this evening. As per Alam, the polling date for this election was scheduled for March 14. However, given the absence of any contestants, an actual vote was unnecessary.

Alam further stated that the official gazette notification regarding this unopposed victory is set to be issued on February 27. The members of parliament elected through direct votes in the national elections were the designated voters for this particular election.

Among the 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, the women’s reserved seats are allocated proportionally based on the number of seats obtained by different parties or alliances.

In this case, with the support of 62 independent members and two seats from the 14-party alliance, the Awami League secured 48 seats, while the Jatiya Party clinched 2 reserved seats.