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DHAKA, Aug 25, 2025 (BSS) - The Election Commission (EC) has sought field investigation reports of 22 new political parties, including National Citizen Party (NCP), which cleared the commission's primary selection, by August 31 on the occasion of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election.

On Monday, EC Senior Assistant Secretary Mohammad Delwar Hossain sent 
instructions in this regard.

As per the instructions, Senior District Election Officer, District Election 
Officer or Additional District Election Officer at the district level will 
verify the documents of the concerned political party and fill in the 
prescribed checklist. 

All the documents should be properly sealed with page numbers and sent to the 
Regional Election Officer in a special envelope.

Later, the Regional Election Officers will collect the envelopes on a 
political party basis and send them confidentially to the EC Secretariat.

Upazila election officers will conduct investigation activities at the 
upazila level in the same manner. 

They will also send the verified information and documents to the district 
level in a sealed envelope. The district election officials will collect the 
envelopes received from the upazilas on a political party basis and send them 
to the EC secretariat in sealed envelopes.

EC officials said that after receiving the field investigation report, the 
commission will review it and complete the registration process of the new 
political party.

The 22 political parties that cleared preliminary selection are - Forward 
Party, Aam Janata Dal, Bangladesh Ganotantrik Party (BGP), Bangladesh 
Sanskarbadi Party (BRP), Bangladesh Nejame Islam Party, Bangladesh 
Samajtantrik Dal (Marxist), Moulik Bangla, Bangladesh Justice and Development 
Party, Jatiya Janata Party, Janatar Dal, Janata Party Bangladesh, Bangladesh 
Aam Janagan Party, National Citizen Party (NCP), Bangladesh Jatiya League, 
Bhashani Janashakti Party, Bangladesh Bekar Mukti Parishad, Bangladesh 
Communist Party (Marxist)-CPB (M), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Shahjahan 
Siraj), Jamiat Ulama-e Islam and Nejame Islam Party, Bangladesh Bekar Samaj 
(BABES), Bangladesh Solution Party and Notun Bangladesh Party.