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The Bangladesh Awami League (AL) decided to participate in the 2008 parliamentary election under the name of "Grand Alliance" with the Jatiya Party led by General Ershad as its main partner. The AL contested the polls for 245 constituencies.
The second general elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979, under President Ziaur Rahman.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won the election; They won 207 out of 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad.The total vote was 51.2%ред In this election, Awami League (Malek) won 39 seats, Awami League (Mizan) 2, JSD 8, Muslim League and Democratic League 20, NAP (Muzaffar) 1, Bangladesh National ...
3 November – The caretaker government schedules general elections on 18 December 2008. [17] 24 November – The Electoral Commission reschedules the date for the general election from 18 to 29 December. [18] 29 December – 2008 Bangladeshi general election takes place, Bangladesh Awami League secures a landslide victory. Sheikh Hasina ...
Scene from a polling booth in Bangladesh. Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling ...
The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. The BNP government increased the chief justice's retirement age in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government.
Jatiya Party gains an overwhelming majority in the General Election with 68.44% of the votes. 2 December: A devastating cyclone strikes Bangladesh. [23] 1990: 6 December: Ershad offers resignation. 1991: 27 February: 1991 Bangladeshi general election, Bangladesh Nationalist party snatches victory. 29 April: 1991 Bangladesh cyclone kills more ...
Indirect presidential elections were due to be held in Bangladesh on 16 February 2009 following the 2008 parliamentary election. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They were originally scheduled to have taken place by 5 September 2007, when Iajuddin Ahmed 's term expired, but was postponed due to the lack of an elected parliament. [ 3 ]
0–9. 1973 Bangladeshi general election; 1979 Bangladeshi general election; 1986 Bangladeshi general election; 1988 Bangladeshi general election; 1991 Bangladeshi general election