DHAKA, Jan 7, 2026 (BSS) - A total of 131 appeals have been filed with the Election Commission (EC) on the third day against the order of the Returning Officer to accept and cancel nomination papers in the upcoming 13th National Parliament election. 

A total of 295 appeals have been filed till the last three days, EC officials said.

The appeals were filed at 10 regional booths at the appeal filing center at the Agargaon Election Commission building in the capital, EC officials said. 

The EC officials said 131 appeals were filed on Wednesday. Of these, 11 were filed in Khulna region, 15 in Rajshahi region, nine in Rangpur region, 10 in Chattogram region, 19 in Cumilla region, 31 in Dhaka region, 16 in Mymensingh region, nine in Barisal region and seven appeals were filed from districts in Faridpur region.

Earlier, on Tuesday, 122 appeals were filed with the EC on the second day against the order of acceptance and cancellation of nomination papers by the Returning Officer. 

On the first day, 41 appeals were filed against the order of cancellation of nomination papers and one appeal against the acceptance of nomination papers.

On the last day of selection on January 4, the returning officers or assistant returning officers declared the nomination papers of 1,842 candidates valid and nomination papers of 723 candidates cancelled out of 2,568 nomination papers in 300 constituencies.

 An EC notice regarding the filing, hearing and settlement of appeals against the cancellation and acceptance of nominations said  “A candidate or bank or financial institution or any government service provider aggrieved by the order of the Returning Officer against the cancellation and acceptance of nomination papers may file an appeal in the form of a memorandum  with the Election Commission within five days of the selection of the nomination papers."

Any aggrieved candidate, any bank or financial institution, any government service provider, or any person authorized in writing by the candidate may file an appeal with the EC from January 5 to January 9, by 5 PM.

The hearing of the appeals filed with the Election Commission is likely to be held between January 10 and 18 at the auditorium (basement-2) of the Election Building. The full commission will conduct the hearing.

Hearings on appeals from one to 70 will begin at 10 am on January 10. Hearings on appeals from 71 to 140 will be held on January 11, appeals from 141 to 210 on January 12, appeals from 211 to 280 on January 13, appeals from 281 to 350 on January 14, appeals from 351 to 420 on January 15, appeals from 421 to 490 on January 16, appeals from 491 to 560 on January 17, and the remaining appeals will be heard on January 18.

After hearing the applications, the appeal results will be displayed on the monitor, a PDF copy of the verdict and the appeal decision will be sent to the email accounts of the relevant parties including the Returning Officer and publish on the Election Commission website. 

In addition, a copy of the appeal verdict will be distributed through the designated officer from the reception desk of the Election Building as per the schedule.