Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- A total of 83 women, out of 2,028 candidates from 50 political parties and independent ones, are contesting in 299 seats in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad polls slated for Thursday.

Of them, 63 female candidates are from parties, and 20 are independent, while 1,692 male candidates are vying in the polls from parties, and 253 are independent ones.

Among the total candidates, 1,755 are contesting from political parties, and 273 are independent ones, according to the Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.

However, voting inthe Sherpur-3 constituency has been postponed due to the death of a candidate.

Sanaullah said the elections and referendum will be held on February 12 in 299 parliamentary se...