The Election Commission (EC) is set to sit with 12 political parties, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Monday as part of its electoral dialogues ahead of the next general election to be held in early February.

The Commission will exchange views with six parties in the morning session and with another six parties in the afternoon session on 17 November, said EC’s (Public Relation) Assistant Director Asadul Haque.

The six parties who are being invited for Monday’s morning session are Bangladesh Labour Party, Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijote (Muktijote), Bangladesh National Awami Party, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Bangladesh Kalyan Party and Bangladesh Muslim League-BML.

The six other parties for the afternoon session are Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Amar Bangladesh Party-AB Party, Bangladesh Development Party, Bangladesh Islami Front, Khelafat Majlish and Jatiya Ganotantrik Party-JAGPA.

The Election Commission opened its much-talked-about pre-election dialogue with registered political parties on Thursday last and already held talks with a total of 24 ones out of 53 registered political parties on the first two days of the electoral dialogue.

The Commission, however, has not announced yet the times for discussion with BNP.

Currently, there are 53 registered political parties, excluding the Awami League, whose registration remains suspended. Besides, the EC recognised three new parties, including NCP, as registered parties.

The Commission aims to complete the dialogue with all registered political parties within this month before the announcement of the national election schedule in early December.

In late September 2025, the Commission opened a series of electoral dialogues with different stakeholders amid talks with civil society representatives on 28 September.

Later, the EC held separate dialogues with the representatives of teachers, senior journalists from different media outlets, election experts and election observers.