On the fifth day of appeals against returning officers’ decisions for Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary election, the Election Commission heard 36 appeals in the first hour. Of these, 28 were approved, five were rejected, one was kept pending until 4:30 p.m., and two appellants were absent. The hearings began at 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday at the Election Building auditorium in Agargaon, Dhaka.

Among the rejected appeals, independent candidates from Rajshahi-1, Manikganj-1, and Sirajganj-6 lost their nominations due to unverifiable voter lists submitted with their applications. In Chattogram-13, a candidate from Gano Adhikar Parishad was disqualified over loan default. Meanwhile, in Cumilla-2, the commission upheld the nomination of independent and BNP leader Abdul Matin, rejecting an appeal by BNP’s nominated candidate Principal Md. Selim Bhuiyan.

The appeal process continues as part of the Election Commission’s review of nomination disputes ahead of the 13th national election.