| Last date of filling of nomination papers |
29 August 2001 |
| Date of scrutiny |
30 and 31 August 2001 |
| Last date of withdrawal |
06 September 2001 |
| Date of Election: |
Monday 01 Oct. 2001 |
| Polling Hour: |
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (without break) |
| Number of constituencies: |
300 |
| Number of polling stations: |
29,978 |
| Number of polling booths: |
1,49,288 |
Total number of voters:
a.Male voters:
b.Female voters: |
7,50,00,656
3,86,84,972
3,63,15,684 |
| Number of Returning Officers: |
68 |
| Number of Assistant Returning Officers: |
525 |
| Number of Presiding Officers: |
29,978 |
| Numbers of Assistant Presiding Officers: |
1,49,288 |
| Number of Polling Officers: |
2,98,576 |
| Total Number of Polling Personnel: |
4,77,842 |
| Number of Divisions: |
6 |
| Number of Districts: |
64 |
| Number of contesting political parties: |
54 |
| Total number of contesting candidates: |
1,935 |
Number of candidates contesting
more than one constituency
(32 candidates in 84 seats): |
32 (in 84 constituencies) |
| Total number of female contesting candidates: |
37 (37 candidates in 47 constituencies) |
| Number of candidates nominated by political parties: |
1,451 |
| Name of Political Party |
Symbol |
Number of Contesting Candidates |
Comments |
| Bangladesh Awami League |
Boat |
300 |
|
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) |
Sheaf of Paddy |
269 |
Including Jatiya Party (Naziur) and Islami Oikya Jote |
| Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh |
Scales |
31 |
|
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Plough |
281 |
Including Islami
Jatiya Oikya Front |
| Jatiya Party (Manju) |
Bycycle |
140 |
|
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal(JSD) |
Mashal |
76 |
|
| Bangladesher Communist Party |
Sickle |
64 |
|
| Krisak Sramik Janata League |
Gamcha |
39 |
|
| Bangladesh Workers Party |
Hammer |
32 |
|
| Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD-Khalekuzzaman) |
Lock |
37 |
|
| Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon |
Banyan Tree |
30 |
|
| Other Parties |
|
152 |
|
| Independent Candidates |
|
484 |
|
