Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Wednesday (November 19) urged leaders of political parties to motivate the country’s voters to go to the polling stations during national election.
“Over the last 10 to 15 years, our country’s voters have gradually become reluctant to go to the polling centres. You are the national leaders and political leaders. The people at the grassroots are directly influenced by you. I request you to motivate the voters to go to the centres,” he said while addressing a pre-election dialogue at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen Party (NCP) and several other political parties joined the discussion which began at 10:30am with the CEC in the chair.
Pointing to the political parties, the Chief Election Commissioner said he expects them to play their due role in ensuring that their candidates fully comply with the electoral code of conduct in the upcoming national election.
“You have a role to ensure that your candidates follow the code of conduct. We hope you to play this expected role,” he added.
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Nasir Uddin said the Election Commission with the help of the political parties and other stakeholders would deliver a good election for the nation.
The Jamaat delegation led by its Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar participated in the talks while the NCP team led by its Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary attended it.
The other invited political parties for the morning session are Ganosamhati Andolan, Nationalist Democratic Movement-NDM, Bangladesh Labour Party, Bangladesh Minority Janata Party-BMJP and Insaniat Biplab Bangladesh.
The Commission is holding another discussion on Wednesday afternoon with BNP and five other parties.
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The five other invitees are Bangladesh Jatiya Party-BJP (Andaleev), Gonaodhikar Parishad, Nagorik Oikya, Bangladesh Republican Party-BRP and Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal-Basad Marxist.
The Election Commission opened its pre-election dialogue with registered political parties on November 13 last and has already held talks with 34 parties.
Currently, there are 55 registered political parties, excluding the Awami League whose registration remains suspended.
The ongoing dialogue is considered as the last major task before the announcement of the national election schedule in early December.
In late September 2025, the Commission opened a series of electoral dialogues with different stakeholders amid talks with civil society representatives on September 28.
Later, the EC held separate dialogues with the representatives of teachers, senior journalists from different media outlets, election experts and election observers.
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