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The ruling Awami League (AL) on Saturday sold 1,064 nomination forms on the first day of the nomination paper distribution for the 12th national elections.
"Among them, 1,050 people directly collected the nomination forms, while 14 aspirant candidates collected the forms online," AL office secretary Barrister Biplab Barua told journalists after the sale of nomination forms on the first day at the AL's Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the afternoon.
He said Awami League sold 213 party nomination forms in Dhaka Division, 198 in Chattogram Division, 55 in Sylhet Division, 105 in Mymensingh Division, 75 in Barishal Division, 125 in Khulna Division, 109 in Rangpur Division and 169 in Rajshahi Division.
A total of 5.32 crore was earned by selling the nomination papers on the first day, Barua said.
AL's nomination papers can be collected and submitted every day from 10 am to 4 pm till next Tuesday (November 21).
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