The BNP has floated candidates in 242 constituencies while left the remaining for the 14 allies in the Gano Forum chief Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Front and the 20-party Alliance it leads.
Among its allies in the newly-formed Oikya Front, Gano Forum got seven seats the ASM Abdur Rab-led Jatiay Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s Nagorik Oikya and Abdul Kader Siddiqui’s Krishak Sramik Janata League got four each.
Meanwhile, in the 20-party Alliance, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got 5 seats, Jamiat e Ulama e Islam Bangladesh 3, Khelafat Mojlish and Jatiya Party (Kazi Zafar) two each while one each for Bangladesh Kalyan Party, Jatiya Party (BJP), NPP, PPB and Labour Party.
Another 22 seats have been given to candidates, who are members of the now-banned Jamaat-e Islami.