The Election Commission began its much-talked-about pre-election dialogue with political parties on Thursday morning (13th November 2025) with six registered parties in the first batch, as announced earlier.
Leaders of the six registered political parties attended the talks at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city to discuss an 11-point agenda.
The discussion started with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin in the chair. Election commissioners and EC Secretary were present.
The Commission invited 12 registered political parties to attend Thursday’s opening sessions — six parties in the morning session and six others in the afternoon session.
The six parties invited for the morning session are Liberal Democratic Party-LDP, Bangladesh Congress, Bangladesh Muslim League, National People's Party, Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan and Jamiyate Ulamaye Islam Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Election: Electoral dialogue with political parties to begin Thursday
The six parties invited for the afternoon session are Communist Party of Bangladesh-CPB, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal-Basod, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Nationalist Front-BNF and Bangladesh Nationalist Movement-BNM.
This time the political parties are being invited in groups due to time constraints before the announcement of the election schedule.
The Election Commission traditionally holds talks with registered political parties before each national election. Each party was usually invited to join the dialogue separately.
The dialogue with political parties is considered the Commission’s last major task before the election schedule to be announced in early December.
Currently, there are 53 registered political parties, excluding the Awami League, whose registration remains suspended.
Besides, the EC recognised three new parties, including NCP, as registered parties.
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.
In a bid to conduct the next election in a free, participatory and fair manner, the EC sat in a views-exchange with different law enforcement agencies and intelligences on October 20 and with top government officials, including secretaries of key ministries, directors general of important agencies on October 30 last.