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RANGPUR, Jan 2, 2026 (BSS) - On the second day of the scrutiny of nomination 
papers for the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections, the nomination papers 
of six candidates out of the 20 submitted in two Rangpur constituencies were 
declared cancelled today.

Of them, nomination papers of three cadidates were declared invalid in each 
of Rangpur-3 and Rangpur-4 constituencies.

Rangpur Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Mohammad Enamul Ahsan 
declared the said nomination papers cancelled at his conference room on 
Friday afternoon. 

The candidacies of the remaining fourteen people, with seven each, contesting 
in Rangpur-3 (Rangpur Sadar and City) and Rangpur-4 (Pirgachha-Kawnia) 
constituencies were declared valid. 

Earlier, the scrutiny of submitted nomination papers for Rangpur-3 and 
Rangpur-4 constituencies was held in the morning and afternoon today 
respectively.
 
The cancelled three candidates in Rangpur-3 constituency are Independent Rita 
Rahman, BSD (Marxist)'s Anwar Hossain Bablu and Khelafat Majlis's Touhidur 
Rahman Mondal.

The cancelled three candidates in Rangpur-4 constituency are Jatiya Party's 
(Anis-Ruhul) Md Abdus Salam, Independent Zainul Abedin and Independent Shah 
Alam Bashar.
  
During the scrutiny, the nomination papers of seven candidates each of 
Rangpur-3 and Rangpur-4 constituencies were declared valid. 
 
The seven valid candidates for Rangpur-3 constituency are BNP's Md 
Shamsuzzaman Samu, Jamaat's Professor Mahbubar Rahman Belal, Islami Andolan 
Bangladesh's Amiruzzaman Piyal, Jatiya Party's Golam Mohammad Quader, 
independent candidate Anwara Islam Rani of the third gender, BSD's Abdul 
Quddus and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis's Nur Alam Siddique. 

The seven legitimate candidates for Rangpur-4 constituency are BNP's Emdadul 
Haque Bhorsa, NCP's Akhter Hossen, Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Moulana 
Muhammad Zahid Hasan, Jatiya Party's Abu Naser Shah Mohammad Mahbubar Rahman, 
BSD (Marxist) Pragati Barman Toma, Bangladesh Congress's Ujjwal Chandra Roy 
and Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis's Md Abu Saha.
 

In this regard, Rangpur Returning Officer Mohammad Enamul Ahsan said that as 
per the rules, the cancelled candidates can appeal to the Election Commission 
to regain the validity of their candidacies. 
 
The scrutiny of the submitted nomination papers for Rangpur-5 (Mithapukur) 
constituency and Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) constituency will be held on Saturday in 
the morning and in the afternoon respectively. 

Earlier, the scrutiny of the submitted nomination papers for Rangpur-1 and 
Rangpur-2 constituencies were held on Thursday when the nomination papers of 
Jatiya Party candidate Barrister Manjum Ali were declared cancelled.

The submitted nomination papers of eight candidates for Rangpur-1 
constituency and five candidates for Rangpur-2 constituency were declared 
valid that day.