Chattogram-8 by-election on April 27

By-election to the Chattogram-8 constituency will be held on April 27, 2023.

The position left vacant following the death of Awami League MP Moslem Uddin Ahmed.

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam announced the election schedule today.

Candidates have to submit the nomination papers by March 27 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 5. Voting will start at 8 am on April 27 and will continue till 4 pm and no CCTV camera will be used during the voting.

Moslem Uddin, a freedom fighter and also president of Chattogram South unit of Awami League, breathed his last at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on February 6. He was 75.