Total 136 elected unopposed
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Eight more candidates are going to be elected unopposed at the January 5 parliamentary election, according to today's Election Commission statistics.
With the fresh data, so far 136 JS polls aspirants are set to elected uncontested as they have no contenders in their respective constituencies.
The number rose following the cancellation and withdrawal of candidacies.
As per the yesterday's EC data the number was 128, which already broke the record of the farcical polls on February 15, 1996.
The last day of filing nomination papers for the 10th general election was December 2.
Only 651 contenders will take part in the upcoming JS election amid a boycott by the opposition. Each of nine other parliamentary polls held since 1973 had more than 1,000 candidates.
The BNP-led 18-party alliance and some other parties will not participate in the polls. The 18-party combine has all along maintained that it will not contest any election held without a non-party caretaker administration.
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