On 26 January, the Electoral Commission published details of the constituency-wise appointments of local election observers for the referendum and parliamentary election. It revealed that a total of 47,457 observers were approved across all 300 parliamentary constituencies.
Of those, PASA received approval for 10,250 observers in 127 constituencies. However, the executive director of PASA claims that his organization will deploy 10,792 observers across 119 constituencies.
According to Election Commission sources, the constituencies where PASA has been approved include: three in Lalmonirhat, six in Rangpur, three in Kurigram, five in Gaibandha, six in Naugaon, two in Rajshahi, four in Natore, two in Sirajganj, five in Pabna, three in Kushtia, six in Jashore, three in Bagerhat, five in Khulna, four in Satkhira, four in Patuakhali, 11 in Mymensingh, five in Kishoreganj, two in Dhaka, one in Sunamganj, six in Sylhet, four in Moulvibazar and four in Habiganj.
The list shows that PASA has 100 or more observers in 41 constituencies.
The organization will deploy its highest number of observers – 305 – in Moulvibazar-3 constituency. Some other organizations also have more than 100 observers in some constituencies.
Moulvibazar has four constituencies and PASA has the highest number of observers among them all. In Moulvibazar-1, the Election Commission approved 286 observers from five organisations, of which 273 are from PASA. In Moulvibazar-2, 277 observers from seven organizations were approved, including 241 from PASA. In Moulvibazar-4, 96 of the 152 approved observers are from PASA.
A similar picture has been seen in Sylhet, Habiganj and Brahmanbaria constituencies. PASA also dominates in the northern districts. For example, in Lalmonirhat-1, a total of 257 observers from 10 organizations were approved, of which 100 are from PASA. 185 observers from eight organizations were approved in Nagaon-1, which included 139 observers from PASA. Almost the same pattern has been seen in the other five constituencies of Nagaon.