NCP Announces Candidates for Three Seats

The National Citizens’ Party (NCP), a partner in the 10-party electoral alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has announced candidates for three previously vacant constituencies out of the 30 seats allocated to the party under the alliance’s seat-sharing agreement.

On Tuesday, 20 January, NCP Media Cell chief Mahbub Alam confirmed the decision to the press. He stated that the three candidates contesting the previously unfilled seats are:

  • Fahim Pathan – Netrokona-2

  • Pritam Das – Moulvibazar-4

  • Jamil Hizaji – Rajbari-2

Earlier, on Sunday, 18 January, the party had published posters on its verified Facebook page featuring 27 confirmed candidates along with their photographs. NCP urged voters to support its candidates under the party’s election symbol, the ‘Shapla Kali’ (water lily).

The party’s list of candidates also includes several senior office-bearers:

ConstituencyCandidateParty Position
Dhaka-11Nahid IslamParty Convenor
Rangpur-4Akhtar HossainSecretary
Comilla-4Hasnat AbdullahSouthern Chief Organiser
Panchagarh-1Sarjis AlamNorthern Chief Organiser
Dhaka-8Nasiruddin PatwariChief Coordinator
Noakhali-6Abdul Hannan MasudSenior Joint Coordinator
Dhaka-9Jabed Rasin
Dhaka-18Ariful Islam Adib
Dhaka-19Dilshana Parul
Dhaka-20Nabila Tasnid
Narayanganj-4Abdullah Al Amin
Munshiganj-2Majedul Islam
Lakshmipur-1Mahbub Alam
Sirajganj-6SM Saif Mostafiz
Narsingdi-2Sarwar Tushar
Bandarban (Hill District)SM Suja Uddin
Chattogram-8Zobairul Hasan Arif
Brahmanbaria-2Maulana Ashraf Mahdi
Brahmanbaria-3Mohammad Ataullah
Dinajpur-5Md. Abdul Ahad
Noakhali-2Sultan Muhammad Zakaria
Kurigram-2Atik Mujahid
Mymensingh-11Zahidul Islam
Tangail-3Saifullah Haider
Gazipur-2Ali Nasir Khan
Pirojpur-3Shamim Hamidi
Natore-3SM Sarjis Kadir

Previously, the 10-party alliance had announced seat-sharing for 253 parliamentary constituencies. Islamic Movement Bangladesh, initially expected to join the alliance, ultimately opted out and decided to contest independently in 268 seats, pledging support to other candidates in the remaining 32 constituencies.

As a key member of the alliance, NCP is now contesting 30 seats. The announcement of the three additional candidates fills all the seats assigned to the party, consolidating its position in the coalition and strengthening coordination among the alliance members ahead of the forthcoming general elections.

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