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Published : 04 May 2026, 09:02 PM
The Election Commission is set to publish a gazette declaring National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nusrat Tabassum Jyoti elected unopposed to a reserved women’s seat in the 13th Parliament.
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud made the decision public on Monday.
“Nusrat’s nomination paper was accepted following a court order. The returning officer validated it on Saturday,” he said.
“She did not withdraw her candidature on Sunday. Under the law, we have decided to publish the gazette and declare her elected,” he added.
Nusrat had collected her nomination form as a candidate of the Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance.
Meanwhile, 49 women MPs for reserved seats were sworn in on Sunday night.
Of them, 36 belong to the BNP-led coalition, 12 to the Jamaat bloc, and one is an independent candidate.
Nusrat’s inclusion completes the list for the reserved seat allocation process under the 13th Parliament arrangement.
Nusrat submitted her nomination paper after the 4pm deadline on Apr 21, the last day for filing nominations, prompting the returning officer to refuse it.
She later challenged the decision in court, which ordered the EC to accept the nomination paper and take the next steps in line with the law.
Under that proportional representation system, the Jamaat alliance nominated 13 candidates including NCP leaders Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Monira Sharmin.
During scrutiny on Apr 23, the nomination papers of all other candidates were accepted, but Monira’s was cancelled.
But before that, amid confusion over Monira’s nomination, the NCP fielded Nusrat.
Monira, however, challenged the EC’s decision on Apr 26, but the commission scrapped that too.
Monira then moved the Appellate Division on Apr 30. Her petition was on the cause list on Monday.
The election commissioner said they received no updates on that until the afternoon.
“We accepted one candidate’s [Nusrat] nomination papers as per the court order, and will publish a gazette accordingly.
“If there is another court order in the future, we will also follow that,” Masud said.
