Golam Akbar secures BNP nomination as 2nd candidate for Raozan constituency

A party can have multiple candidates in a seat until withdrawal deadline, the Election Commission says

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Golam Akbar Khandaker, an advisor to Chairperson Khaleda Zia, to contest in the general election from Chattogram-6 constituency, which covers Raozan.

This was the party’s second nomination of a candidate for the seat. Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury secured BNP nomination first for the constituency earlier in the month.

Election Commission officials said a party can have more than one candidate in a seat. But parties are required to finalise one candidate before the deadline for candidacy withdrawal.

After securing the BNP nomination on Dec 5, Gias collected the nomination papers on Dec 17.

Golam Akbar collected his nomination papers for the seat on Wednesday, three days before he received the BNP nomination on Sunday.

Arjun Kumar Nath, personal assistant of Golam Akbar, said they will submit nomination papers along with the party nomination given by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday.

The Representation of the People Order (RPO) requires party candidates to include in their nomination papers their party nomination certifications for submitting it to the returning officers.