49 women MPs to be sworn in tomorrow

The newly elected 49 lawmakers to the seats reserved for women in the 11th parliament will be sworn in tomorrow.

The oath-taking ceremony will be held at 10:30am at the oath-taking room of the national parliament, said a press release issued today.

On Sunday, the election commission published an official gazette with the names of 49 elected candidates for the parliamentary reserved seats exclusively for women.

According to the gazette, 43 elected women MPs are from ruling Awami League, four from Jatiya Party, one from Workers Party and another is independent.

On Saturday, the 49 candidates, vying for the reserved seats of the 11th parliament, were elected unopposed as returning officer Abul Kashem declared them unofficial victors after the deadline for the withdrawal of candidature expired.