Of them, the 43 are from the ruling Awami League, four from Jatiya Party, and one from Workers Party and Independent each. As a limited number of nominations were submitted, the 49 nominees were elected unopposed. “No one has withdrawn candidature within the deadline, the 49 people were elected unopposed,” Election Commission Joint Secretary Abul Kashem told bdnews24.com. As per law, they will be officially declared elected on Sunday when the names and addresses of the elected members will be presented in the commission for the gazette publication, he said. JATIYA PARTY (4)Salma Islam, Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, Raushon Ara Mannan, and Nazma Akter.

Source: bd News24 February 16, 2019 13:52 UTC