The Awami League has sent a letter to the Election Commission allowing 272 candidates to use the boat symbol, bdnews24.com.
The candidates include 258 from the ruling party while the 14 others are from its allies in the 14-Party alliance and the Bikalpadhara Bangladesh.
Five candidates from the Workers Party are contesting with boat, three from the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal or JaSaD led by Hasanul Haq Inu, two from the Tarikat Federation, one from the Bangladesh JaSaD and three from the Bikalpadhara.
Two other candidates of the Awami League's ally the Jatiya Party-JP will contest with their own bicycle symbol.
The ruling party has left the 26 other seats for the candidates of its key ally in the Grand Alliance - the Jatiya Party, according to the list the Awami League sent to the EC.
Jatiya Party Secretary General Mashiur Rahman Ranga, however, told the media earlier in the day that they were granted 29 seats to fight for and will field candidates for 132 seats outside the coalition.
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