Awami League (AL) will announce the names of its candidates for the upcoming 12th parliamentary election on Sunday afternoon.
AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader will announce the names of the party’s nominated candidates at AL’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital at 4pm.
Earlier, AL started selling its nomination forms on 18 November which came to an end on 21 November.
AL had sold 3362 nomination papers for 300 seats in four days which means on an average 11 forms were sold for each seat.
The party has earned a total of Taka 16.81 crore by selling the nomination papers as each of the form was sold at Taka 50,000.
According to the election schedule of the 12th parliamentary election, the last day of submitting nomination is 30 November while the nomination will be scrutinised on 1-4 December and candidates will have until 17 December to withdraw their candidature.
The election commission will distribute symbols on 18 December.
The voting to the 12th parliamentary election will be held on 7 January next year.