Today marks the final day for candidates to withdraw from Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary election, according to the election schedule. By the end of the day, the list of final or contesting candidates will be confirmed. Rebel independent candidates from any party must also withdraw by today if they wish to do so. After this deadline, there will be no further opportunity to resolve any alliance-related complications.

Election Commission officials stated that returning officers will allocate election symbols among candidates tomorrow, Wednesday. If a political party has more than one candidate in a constituency, the party must finalize one name and inform the returning officer. Independent candidates may also withdraw their candidacy if they choose.

As per the schedule, the final candidate list and symbol allocation will occur on January 21, campaign activities will begin on January 22, and continue until the morning of February 10. Voting is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Earlier, about 2,500 nomination papers were submitted, 723 were rejected, and 1,842 candidates were declared valid across 300 constituencies, with 645 appeals filed afterward.