Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) has announced that four political symbols, including the Awami League’s boat, will not appear on postal ballots for the upcoming 13th parliamentary elections. Election Commissioner Abdur Rahman El Mashud stated on Tuesday that symbols of parties whose registration has been suspended or cancelled will be excluded from the final postal ballot design. Since party registration became mandatory in 2008, 59 political parties have been registered. The Awami League’s registration is currently suspended, while the Freedom Party (axe), United Citizens’ Movement (key), and PDP (tiger) have had their registrations cancelled. The EC clarified that symbols of deregistered parties remain under the commission’s authority and may still appear on ballots if necessary. For this election, 118 symbols have been finalized. Postal ballots, which must be prepared and dispatched early, will include only symbols rather than candidate names. Voters will mark their chosen symbol after verifying candidate details through the EC’s app or website.
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