Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- All candidates were declared elected unopposed in the 50 seats reserved for women in the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS).

At the end of the deadline for withdrawal of nomination papers on Sunday, returning officer Md Moniruzzaman Talukdar announced each candidate in 50 reserved seats as winners, director (public relations) of the Election Commission secretariat Shariful Alam has confirmed.

The polling date for this election was March 14. But vote was not required as there was no contestant, reports BSS.

Alam said the gazette notification will be issued on February 27 (Tuesday).

Members of parliament who were elected in direct vote in the national elections were the voters of this election.

Among the 300 seats in the JS, wo...