Election poster design, with the candidate's photo and symbol
Give the candidate's name, post, symbol and photo; the election poster is made in clean Bengali type on your phone, sized for Facebook and WhatsApp, free.
- Make a union parishad election poster for Facebook: chairman candidate Md. Abdul Karim, symbol pineapple. "Vote for progress" at the top, Charpara Union No. 3 at the bottom. Square.
- A Facebook poster for Nasrin Akter, ward councillor candidate, square. Symbol tubewell, slogan "Beside you, always". Put my photo on the left.
- A poster for the guardian member post on the school managing committee: candidate Rafiqul Islam, symbol spectacles, voting on Friday from 9 am. Small and simple, A4 for printing.
How do I design an election poster on my phone, with the candidate's photo and symbol?
Write the candidate's name, the post, the symbol, the election and the date in Bangla, and add a photo. The AI lays out the election poster, with the name and slogan set in a real Bengali font so the spelling never breaks. It downloads to your phone as a PNG for Facebook and WhatsApp. Printed posters are now banned in national and local elections, so print goes on banners and handbills.
Three steps to an election poster
- Write the candidate's details: The name, the post, the election, the symbol's name, the voting date and a one-line slogan. Add a clear photo of the candidate.
- Look, then change it in Bangla: When the poster appears, say what to change: "make the name bigger", "move the symbol to the right", "make it black and white".
- Download it and use it: Press the download button and the poster lands on your phone as a PNG. Post it on Facebook, share it in WhatsApp groups or take it to a print shop.
The candidate's name is spelled right on every election poster
The worst embarrassment on an election poster is a misspelled candidate name. Ask an AI picture maker for Bengali text and it breaks: the headstroke is cut, the conjuncts tangle, and "Md." becomes something unreadable. Picture models cannot write Bengali letters.
Here the name, the post, the symbol's name and the slogan are not drawn; they are set in a real Bengali font, exactly as you typed them. Even so, have the candidate read the name once after you download it: after a thousand copies are printed, not one letter can be changed.
What every election poster must carry
- The candidate's name and photo. The name is the biggest text on the poster. Use a photo taken in good light, facing forward; a blurry photo printed large looks blurrier still.
- The post. Chairman, member, reserved women's seat, councillor, mayor, or a committee post, so a voter knows at a glance which ballot to look for.
- The symbol. Write the symbol's name and add a clear picture of it if you have one. A big symbol next to the name lets voters who cannot read find the candidate too.
- The election and the voting date. Which union, ward, municipality or institution, and which day the vote is. Type the date yourself; never leave it to a guess.
- A one-line slogan. A short line such as "Vote for progress" or "Beside you, always". Nobody reads a long list of promises on a poster; put those in a leaflet.
Which elections you can make posters for
Any election: union parishad chairman and members, municipal or city corporation mayor and councillors, upazila, school and madrasa managing committees, cooperatives, market committees, clubs, bar associations or student unions. The poster's structure stays the same; only the post and the symbol change.
BanglaCodes takes no side for any party or candidate. Anyone can make a poster for themselves or their candidate, on the same terms and at the same price. You decide what the poster says; stay away from belittling other candidates, false claims, or anyone's photo used without permission.
Printed posters are banned in national and local elections; digital ones are not
Under the Election Commission's code of conduct, no printed poster of any kind may be used in a national parliamentary election or a local government election (union parishad, upazila, municipality, city corporation). Banners, festoons, handbills and billboards are allowed, in numbers and sizes the code fixes, and nothing made of plastic, polythene or rexine. Breaking the code can mean a fine and jail.
Digital campaigning is allowed: posters on Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media. Before campaigning online, the account IDs and email addresses go to the returning officer, and using AI for misinformation, fake news or character assassination is banned. Sizes and rules change from one election to the next, so get the latest code for your election from the returning office before you start.
School, madrasa, somiti, club and student union elections are not under the Election Commission's code; follow the rules their committee has set.
Election posters for Facebook, and banners for the street
- Facebook and WhatsApp: ask for a square. In pictures shared in local groups keep the name and symbol large; small text cannot be read on a phone.
- A Facebook page cover: a wide size. Phones crop the sides of a cover, so ask for the name and symbol in the middle. Everything about wide sizes is on the banner page.
- Banners, festoons and handbills: in a national or local election, these are what gets printed. Give the code of conduct's size, and ask the press first how large a file they need. In a school or somiti election, printed posters are fine unless the committee says otherwise.
- Before paying to boost a post: ads about elections or politics on Facebook may need Meta's separate authorisation and a "paid for by" line. Read Meta's advertising rules before you boost.
Leaflets, banners and a campaign page to go with the poster
A campaign needs more than a poster. A leaflet with the list of promises to hand out door to door, a wide banner for the street corner, and if you like a small website with the candidate's background, work and promises, linked from Facebook and from a QR code on the poster.
Keep the same colours, the same photo and the same slogan on all of them. When voters see one look in three places, the name and symbol stay with them.
What designing an election poster costs
Designing costs nothing. You get up to 400,000 free AI tokens a day, and making a poster and changing it a few times usually fits inside that. No poster app or software to install, and no running back and forth to a designer.
If you want an AI picture without text for the background, such as a village road, that is up to 20 a day free. The press sets the printing cost; we do not print anything.
Questions about election posters
How do I design a chairman election poster?
Write the candidate's name, "chairman candidate", the union, the symbol's name, the voting date and a slogan, and add the candidate's photo. The AI lays out the poster; look at it, change it in Bangla, then download the PNG.
Do I need to install an election poster app?
No. Writing, making, changing and downloading all happen in the phone browser. You do not search for a template and place the name by hand; say it in Bangla and the AI does the layout.
Where do I get the symbol picture?
Take a clear copy of the picture given when the symbol was allotted, or photograph a simple version yourself. The AI can draw common objects too, but a symbol that matches the official sample is the safer choice.
Can I print posters for a union parishad election?
No. The Election Commission's code of conduct bans printed posters in national and local government elections. Post digital posters on Facebook and WhatsApp, and print banners, festoons and handbills in the sizes the code allows. Check the latest rules with the returning office.
Can one poster carry several candidates?
Yes, for example everyone on a panel with their posts. But the more names, the smaller the text. For a wall poster read from a distance, one candidate works best; put the panel list in a leaflet.
Does BanglaCodes make posters for a party?
No, BanglaCodes takes no side for any party or candidate. Anyone can make their own poster, on the same terms. What it says is your responsibility, so avoid belittling others or making false claims.
Do you print the election posters?
No, we do not print anything. You make the design here and download the PNG, then print it at the press you choose. Ask the press first how large a file they need.
Read more
- The full guide to posters and banners
- AI pictures: what they can do, how many a day
- Every other kind of poster