The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday announced the party nominated candidates for the reserved women’s seats in the Jatiya Sangsad.

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the list of 36 candidates during a press conference at the party’s central office in Nayapaltan, in Dhaka.

The 36 nominated candidates are Selima Rahman, Shirin Sultana, Rasheda Begum Hira, Rehana Akter Ranu, Newaz Halima Arly, Mosammat Farida Yasmin, Bilkis Islam, Shakila Farzana, Helen Zerin Khan, Nilufer Chowdhury Moni, Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Zeba Amin Khan, Mahmuda Habiba, Sabira Sultana, Sansila Jebrin, Sanjida Islam Tuli, Sultana Ahmed, Fahmida Hoque, Anna Minz, Suborna Shikder, Shamim Ara Begum Swapna, Shammi Akter, Ferdousi Ahmed, Beethika Binte Hossain, Suraiya Zerin, Mansura Akter, Johrat Adiba Chowdhury, Momtaz Alam, Fahima Nasrin, Arifa Sultana, Sanjida Yasmin, Shawkat Ara Akter, Madhabi Marma, Selina Sultana, and Rezeka Sultana.

The BNP began interviewing candidates for these seats on April 17.

The election for the 50 reserved women’s seats of the 13th National Parliament is scheduled for May 12.

These seats are allocated based on a ratio of one reserved seat for every six general members of parliament.

Under this distribution, the BNP alliance is set to receive 36 seats, the Jamaat led alliance 13 seats, and independents will receive one seat.