After the withdrawal of nominations for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election, a total of 35 candidates, including one woman, are contesting five parliamentary seats across Chandpur’s eight upazilas.
Among them, each seat has a single BNP-nominated candidate. There is one Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in three constituencies, while in the remaining two seats, the LDP candidate represents the 10-party alliance.
The district returning officer’s office provided this information about the contesting candidates on Tuesday, the last day for nomination withdrawals.
The candidates for the five seats are as follows:
In Chandpur-1 (Kachua Upazila): BNP: A.N.M. Ehsanul Haque Milon; Jamaat-e-Islami: Abu Nasar Mohammad Makbul Ahmed; Jatiya Party: Habib Khan; Gana Adhikar Parishad: Md. Enayet Hossain; Bangladesh Islami Front: Md. Nasir Uddin; Ganoforum: Md. Azad Hossain.
In Chandpur-2 (Matlab North & South Upazilas): BNP: Dr. Md. Jalal Uddin; 10-party alliance (LDP): Md. Billal Hossain; Islami Andolan Bangladesh: Mansur; Jatiya Party: Md. Emran Hossain Mia; Bangladesh Republican Party: Md. Faizunnur; Gana Adhikar Parishad: Md. Golap Hossain; Bangladesh Labour Party: Nasima Naznin Sarkar; Nagorik Oikko Parishad: Md. Enamul Haque.
In Chandpur-3 (Sadar Upazila – Haimchar): BNP: Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik; Jamaat-e-Islami: Md. Shahjahan Mia; Islami Andolan Bangladesh: Md. Zainal Abedin Sheikh; Ganoforum: Selim Akbar; Gana Adhikar Parishad: Md. Zakir Hossain; Bangladesh Islami Front: A.H.M. Ahsan Ullah; Bangladesh Communist Party: Md. Jahangir Hossain.
In Chandpur-4 (Faridganj): BNP: Md. Harunur Rashid; Jamaat-e-Islami: Md. Billal Hossain Miazi; Jatiya Party: Mahmud Alam; Islami Andolan Bangladesh: Makbul Hossain; Independent (BNP leader denied nomination): M.A. Hannan; Ganoforum: Md. Munir Chowdhury; Bangladesh Islami Front: Abdul Malek Bulbul; Independent: Zakir Hossain.
In Chandpur-5 (Hajiganj-Shahrasti): BNP: Md. Mominul Haque; 10-party alliance (LDP): Md. Neyamul Bashir; Islami Andolan Bangladesh: Mohammad Ali Patwari; Jatiya Party: Mirza Gias Uddin; Islamic Front Bangladesh: Syed Bahadur Shah Mujaddeddi; Insaniyat Biplob Bangladesh: Md. Mahmud Hasan Nayon.
Voters, both new and experienced, say, “This time, it will be a tough fight mainly between BNP and Jamaat.”
Chandpur district has a total of 2,285,005 registered voters, with nearly 1,108,385 female voters. There are 700 polling stations and 4,264 polling booths across the district.