The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party electoral alliance has nominated 13 candidates for the reserved women’s seats in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliament. The announcement was made on Monday evening at Jamaat’s central office in Moghbazar during a press conference led by alliance coordinator and Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad. The nomination papers are scheduled to be submitted on Tuesday morning at the Election Commission office in Agargaon, followed by a press briefing by alliance leaders.

Among the nominees, eight are from Jamaat’s women’s wing, including central leaders such as Nurunnisa Siddika, Marzia Begum, and Advocate Sabikun Nahar Munni. Other nominees include the mother of July martyr Jabir Ibrahim, two leaders from the National Citizen Party (NCP), one from the National Democratic Party (JAGPA), and one from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish. Azad stated that the alliance maintained proportional representation and also honored a martyr’s family by nominating a non-party representative.

Earlier, in the February 12 election, Jamaat won 68 seats, NCP six, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish two, and one candidate from Khelafat Majlish was elected as a member of parliament.