EC declares all 49 aspirants for reserved seats elected

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday declared all the 49 aspirants to the parliamentary reserved seats for women elected as they are the only candidates from their respective areas.

EC’s Joint Secretary and also the Returning Officer Abu Kashem formally announced the names at its media centre at Agargaon in the capital on Sunday. 

“A letter has been sent to EC Secretary to publish a gazette notification in this regard. The gazette might be published on Sunday or Monday,” the Returning Officer said.  

Here is the names of 49 elected aspirants: 
Awami League (43)
Aroma Dutta, Suborna Mustafa, Nahid Ijhar Khan, Shabnam Jahan Shila, Shirin Ahmed, Zannatul Bakia, Waseqa Ayesha Khan, Khadizatul Anwar, Fazilatun Nessa, Sheikh Ani Rahman, Advocate Gloria Jharna Sarker, Syeda Zohra Alauddin, Anjum Sultana, Sultana Nadira, Hosne Ara, Rumana Jolly, Umme Fatema Nazma Begum, Habiba Rahman Khan Shefaly, Aporajita Haque, Mosammat Shamima Akter Khanam, Shamsunnahar Bhuyian, Rabeya Alam, Tamanna Nusrat Bubly, Basonti Chakma, Kaniz Fatema Ahmed, Rushema Begum, Nargis Rahman, Monira Sultana, Mosammat Khaleda Khanam, Syeda Rubina Mira, Kazi Kaniz Sultana, Zakia Tabassum, Farida Khanam (Saki), Syeda Rashida Begum, Adiba Anjum Mita, Ferdousi Islam Jessy, Parvin Haque Shikder, Khadeza Nusrat, Zakia Parvin Khanam, Tahmina Begum, Nadia Yasmin, Ratna Ahmed, and Mamata Hena Lovely.

Jatiya Party (4)
Salma Islam, Masuda M Rashid Chowdhury, Raushon Ara Mannan, and Nazma Akter.

Workers Party (1)
Lutfun Nesa Khan.

Independent (1)
Selina Islam

It is mentionable that, the elections to the reserved seats for women was held on March 4 at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.