The by-election Returning Officer Abul Kashem said that at least 26 mayoral aspirants had collected nomination forms, but only six of them filed the papers. Also, 167 general councillor aspirants and 45 reserved seat women councillor candidates submitted their nomination forms before the deadline. The general councillor candidates will contest the by-polls in 20 general wards and the others in six reserved seat wards. Meanwhile, 158 aspirants have submitted nomination forms to contest the February 28 by-election from 18 general councillor wards of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC). A total of 25 other candidates are also vying from six reserved seat councillor wards at the DSCC.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 30, 2019 14:29 UTC