Ruling party Awami League candidates in 14 of 19 seats in Dhaka city are untroubled. They are more or less assured of victory as there are no other strong contenders in these seats. There is still likely to be competition in the remaining 5 seats because Awami League leaders have stood as independent candidates in these constituencies.
Jatiya Party is vying for 13 seats in Dhaka under the ‘plough’ symbol, but the candidates are hardly active in most of the seats in the capital. Awami League has relinquished one seat, Dhaka-18, to Jatiya Party. The ‘plough’ candidates are active in three of four seats of Dhaka including this one.
Other than the ‘plough’ symbol, there are several candidates with the symbols of ‘mango’, ‘green coconut’ and ‘television’. While there are many candidates with these symbols, they are not strong individually or organizationally. So the ‘mango’, ‘green coconut’ and ‘plough’ symbol candidates are hardly in a position to contest against the ‘boat’ symbol. This was evident while visiting various constituencies of the city.
According to the Election Commission (EC), there are 156 candidates in the 20 seats of Dhaka district and city. There are a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 13 candidates in each seat of Dhaka. In the 19 seats where there are ‘boat’ candidates, the second highest number of candidates has been fielded by National People’s Party with the ‘mango’ symbol. Jatiya Party candidates with the ‘plough’ are contesting in 13 of the Dhaka seats. Next there are 11 candidates of Trinomool BNP with the ‘golden fibre’ symbol, 11 of Bangladesh Sangskritil Muktijote’s ‘cane’ symbol, 10 of Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) with the ‘television’ symbol and 6 of Bangladesh Congress with the ‘green coconut’ symbol.
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