Dhaka Bureau: The Election Commission (EC) has published the gazette, redefining the boundaries of 300 parliamentary seats ahead of the 12th National Parliament elections. EC Secretary on June 1. The gazette signed by Jahangir Alam has been published on the BG Press website.
According to the notification, the preliminary list of constituencies of the National Parliament redefined by the Election Commission according to the Delimitation Act of the National Parliament is published in the additional issue of the Bangladesh Gazette in the form of a notification. Claims, objections, suggestions, and opinions are invited regarding re-designated constituencies under paragraph 3 of the said notification. Later, the Election Commission held a public hearing on the claims, objections, suggestions, and opinions received as per the schedule.
The notification further mentions that, after reviewing the claims, objections, recommendations, and opinions and considering the information and arguments presented during the hearing, the final list of redelineation boundaries for 300 constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad is published as per the attached schedule, with the necessary corrections to constituencies published in the preliminary list.
Election Commissioner Md. was talking to journalists in the election building recently. Alamgir said, “We have decided to change the boundaries of a few constituencies. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the administrative advantages and disadvantages of boundary changes. No union split However, the upazila is divided. After hearing the petitions for re-delimitation, only those whose statements were more acceptable were taken into consideration. A few applications have been accepted, and it has been decided to change the boundaries in a few ‘small’ constituencies.
