At least 101 candidates of the ruling Awami League and its allies,
including nine ministers, are likely to be elected unopposed in the 10th
parliamentary elections as they emerged single candidates for the
constituencies after the last date of the withdrawal of candidatures on
Friday.
The 10th parliamentary elections are scheduled for January 5.
Election
Commission officials said that the the number of candidates to be
elected unopposed could increase as they could not put into the final
form the list of final candidates after withdrawal till at 9:00pm on
Friday.
After the scrutiny and the hearing of the appeals, the number of valid candidates stood at 880.
The
nine ministers to be elected unopposed are Syed Abul Maal Abdul Muhith
for the Sylhet 1 constituency, Syed Ashraful Islam for the Kishoreganj 1
constituency, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain for the Faridpur 3
constituency, Tofail Ahmed for the Bhola 1 constituency, Amir Hossain
Amu for the Jhalakathi 2 constituency, Obaidul Quader for the Noakhali 5
constituency, Shajahan Khan for the Madaripur 2 constituency, Abdul
Latif Siddiqui for Tangail 4 constituency and Hasan Mahmud for the
Chittagong 7 constituency.
The deputy leader of the house, Syeda
Sajeda Chowdhury, for the Faridpur 2 constituency, the chief whip, Md
Abdus Shahid, for the Moulvibazar 4 constituency, the state minister for
law, Kamrul Islam, for the Dhaka 2 constituency, immediate-past
ministers Md Abdur Razzak for the Tangail 1 constituency, Muhiuddin Khan
Alamgir for the Chandpur 1 constituency, Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju for the
Narsingdi 5 constituency and Dipu Moni for the Chandpur 3 constituency
remained single candidates.
The other Awami League candidates who
emerged single contestants after the withdrawal included Md Dabirul
Islam for the Thakurgaon 2 constituency, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury for the
Dinajpur 2 constituency, Nuruzamman Ahmed for the Lalmonirhat 2
constituency, Abul Kalam
Md Ahsanul Haque Chowdhury for the Rangpur 2
constituency, Tipu Munshi for the Rangpur 4 constituency, HN Ashiqur
Rahman for the Rangpur 5 constituency, Md Fazle Rabbi Mia for the
Gaibandha 5 constituency, Abdul Mannan for the Bogra 1 constituency, Md
Habibur Rahman for the Bogra 5 constituency, Mohammad Golam Rabbani for
the Chapainawabganj 1 constituency, Md Abdul Odud for the
Chapainawabganj 3 constituency, Md Israfil Alam for the Naogaon 6
constituency, Omar Faruk Chowdhury for the Rajshahi 1 constituency,
Fazle Hossain Badsha for the Rajshahi 2 constituency, Enamul Haque for
the Rajshahi 4 constituency, Abul Kalam for the Natore 1 constituency,
Shafiqul Islam Shimul for the Natore 2 constituency, Md Abdul Quddus for
the Natore 4 constituency, Mohammad Nasim for the Sirajganj 1
constituency, Md Habib-e-Millat for the Sirajganj 2 constituency, Md
Ishaq Hossain Talukder for the Sirajganj 3 constituency, Tanvir Imam for
the Sirajganj 4 constituency, Hasibur Rahman Swapan for the Sirajganj 6
constituency, Sheikh Afil Uddin for the Jessore 1 constituency, Sheikh
Helal Uddin for the Bagerhat 1 constituency, Mir Shawkat Ali Badsha for
the Bagerhat 2 constituency, Talukder Abdul Khaleque for the Bagerhat 3
constituency, Abdullah Al Islam Jacob for the Bhola 4 constituency, Abul
Hasnat Abdullah for the Barisal 1 constituency, Abdul Hafiz Mallik for
the Barisal 6 constituency, AKMA Awal (Saidur Rahman) for the Pirojpur 1
constituency, Amanur Rahman Khan Rana for the Tangail 3 constituency,
Md Ekabbar Hossain for the Tangail 7 constituency, Showkat Momen
Shahjahan for the Tangail 8 constituency, Mirza Azam for the Jamalpur 3
constituency, Pramod Mankin for the Mymensingh 1 constituency, Sharif
Ahmed for the Mymensingh 2 constituency, Anwarul Abedin Khan Tuhin for
the Mymensingh 9 constituency, Md Sohrab Uddin for the Kishoreganj 2
constituency, Rezwan Ahammed Toufique for the Kishoreganj 4
constituency, Md Afzal Hossain for the Kishoreganj 5 constituency,
Nazmul Hasan for the Kishoreganj 6 constituency, Mamtaz Begum for the
Manikganj 2 constituency, Zahid Malek for the Manikganj 3 constituency,
Mrinal Kanti Das for the Munshiganj 3 constituency, Nasrul Hamid Bipu
for the Dhaka 3 constituency, Md Enamur Rahman for the Dhaka 19
constituency, MA Malek for the Dhaka 20 constituency, AKM Mozammel Haque
for the Gazipur 1 constituency, Md Zahid Ahsan Rasel for the Gazipur 2
constituency, Md Rahmat Ali for the Gazipur 3 constituency, Meher Afroz
for the Gazipur 5 constituency, Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun for the
Narsingdi 4 constituency, Nazrul Islam Babu for the Narayanganj 2
constituency, Shamim Osman for the Narayanganj 4 constituency, Kazi
Keramat Ali for the Rajbari 1 constituency, Md Zillul Hakim for the
Rajbari 2 constituency, Abdur Rahman for the Faridpur 1 constituency,
Nur-e-Alam Chowdhury for the Madaripur 1 constituency, AFM Bahauddin
Nasim for the Madaripur 3 constituency, BM Mozammel Haque for the
Shariatpur 1 constituency, Showkat Ali for the Shariatpur 2
constituency, Nahim Razzak for the Shariatpur 3 constituency, Syed
Mohsin Ali for the Moulvibazar 3 constituency, Md Ali Ashraf for the
Comilla 7 constituency, AHM Mostafa Kamal for the Comilla 10
constituency, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya for the Chandpur 2
constituency, Md Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan for the Chandpur 4 constituency,
Rafiqul Islam for the Chandpur 5 constituency, Nizam Uddin Hazari for
the Feni 2 constituency, Morshed Alam for the Noakhali 2 constituency,
AKM Shahjahan Kamal for the Lakshmipur 3 constituency, Ashequllah
Raifque for the Cox’s Bazar 2 and Saimum Sarwar Kamal for the Cox’s
Bazar 3 constituency.
They are all from the Awami League.
Ershad-led
Jatiya Party’s Shariful Islam Jinnah for the Bogra 2 constituency, Md
Tajul Islam Chowdhury for the Kurigram 2 constituency, AKM Maidul Islam
Chowdhury for the Kurigram 3 constituency and Salahuddin Ahmed Mukti for
the Mymensingh 5 constituency remained single candidates.
The Jatiya
Party-JP’s Anwar Hossain Manju for the Pirojpur 2 constituency and
Nurul Islam Talukder for the Bogra 3 constituency were likely to be
elected unopposed.
One thousand, one hundred and seven from 20
political parties, mostly belonging to the Awami League-led ruling
alliance, submitted nomination papers for the 10th parliamentary
elections with most of the political parties, including the Bangladesh
Nationalist Party and its allies, boycotting the polls. (source)