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JS polls schedule in October: EC

Boundaries of 25 seats reset


May 01, 2018 00:00:00


The schedule for the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election will be announced in October next, Election Commissioner (EC) Md Rafiqul Islam said, report agencies.

He came up with the remark at a press conference on delimitation of JS seats at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon in the city.

The Election Commission has reset the boundaries of 25 of the 300 parliamentary constituencies to be contested in the upcoming general election.

The boundaries of 275 constituencies will remain unchanged from those used in the 10th national parliamentary elections, while the remaining 25 have been revised.

The 25 seats to be reset are Nilphamari-3, Nilphamari-4, Rangpur-1, Rangpur-3, Kurigram-3, Kurigram-4, Sirajganj-1, Sirajganj-2, Khulna-3, Khulna-4, Jamalpur-4, Jamalpur-5, Narayanganj-4, Narayanganj-5, Sylhet-2, Sylhet-3, Moulvibazar-2, Moulvibazar-3, Brahmanbaria-5, Brahmanbaria-6, Cumilla-6, Cumilla-9, Cumilla-10, Noakhali-4 and Noakhali-5.


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