Poll facts

Out of the total 300 constituencies, polls will be held in 147 as 153 seats have returned winners without contest.

The total number of voters in Bangladesh is 91,965,977. Of which, 45,841,905 are females and 46,124,072 are males.

However, in the 10th national election 43,908,724 voters will be able to cast their votes in less than half the constituencies. Of which, female voters are 21,901,928 and male voters are 22,006,826.

Polling will be held at 91,213 booths of 18,208 centres on Sunday in 147 constituencies.

If the polling had taken place in all the 300 constituencies, there would have been 189,078 voting booths at 37,707 polling stations.

A total of 66 returning officers will conduct the Sunday's election across the country. They will be assisted by 577 assistant returning officers.

A total of 103 Electoral Inquiry Committees have been formed by the Election Commission while 10,335 observers will keep an eye on the 10th parliamentary elections.

There will be no voting in the districts of Chandpur, Rajbarhi, Joypurhat, Shariyatpur and Madaripur.

Twelve political parties are in the fray in the 10th parliamentary poll, where the number of total contestants, including the 153 uncontested winners, is 543. A total of 390 candidates are contesting in the 147 constituencies where voting will take place.

The ruling Awami League has 120 candidates whose fate will be decided through balloting on Sunday, while 127 others have become uncontested winners. 66 candidates of Ershad led Jatiya Party are facing electoral contest while 20 others have won uncontested.

Anwar Hossain Monju led JP has 27 contestants facing electoral battle on Sunday while one has become uncontested winner. Hasanul Haque Inu's JaSad has three uncontested winners and 21 facing contest on Sunday.

The Bangladesh Workers' Party led by Rashed Khan Menon has 16 candidates on Sunday’s elections while party candidates in two seats have become uncontested winners.

The National Awami Party commonly known as NAP has put up candidates in 6 constituencies while Twarikat Federation has 3, Khelafate Mazlis 2 and one each are from Ganatantri Party, Ganafront and Bangladesh Islami Front.

A total of 375,385 members of different security forces including the army will be deployed across more than 18,000 polling stations at 147 constituencies in 59 districts.

Of them, 218,500 belong to Bangladesh Ansar, 80,000 policemen; 8,404 RAB members, 16, 181 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and 200 from Coast Guards and 52,100 from the Armed Forces.