Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the selling of party nomination forms for the 12th parliamentary elections on Saturday after collecting her nomination form.

According to the party sources, the AL chief opened the nomination paper selling from party’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue around 10:30am.

AL advisory council member Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed collected PM’s nomination form for Gopalganj-3 constituency.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal announced that the national polls will be held on January 7.

Those seeking party nominations will be able to collect and submit nomination papers from Saturday (November 18) to Tuesday (November 21) between 10am and 4pm daily.

Candidates seeking nominations will have to collect and submit the application forms from the specific booth according to the administrative division from the central office of Bangladesh Awami League at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue.

Nomination papers of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions will be distributed on the second floor of the central office. Meanwhile, candidates from Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions will be able to collect nomination forms from the third floor of the central office .

Nomination papers of all departments will be submitted on the ground floor of the central office, according to the press release.

Nomination seekers will have to collect and submit the application forms by themselves or through qualified representatives of the candidates without any additional public gathering, read the press release.

The candidate will have to bring a photocopy of their national ID card with them to collect nomination papers.

The deadline for submission of nomination papers is November 30, while December 1-4 was fixed for scrutinising nomination papers and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is December 17.

The CEC announced the election schedule during a televised address to the nation.