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Bangladesh’s expected parliamentary elections will be held on Jan. 7, electoral authorities announced Wednesday, but the opposition reiterated its vow to boycott the polls unless the government ...
The twelfth general elections in Bangladesh were held on Sunday, January 7, 2024. The schedule was announced on November 15, 2023. The schedule was announced on November 15, 2023. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] According to the schedule, the last date for submission of nomination papers was November 30, and the date for scrutinizing them is December 1 to 4.
The United States Department of State, in a statement, said that the election was not free and fair [6] and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office termed the election lacking the preconditions of democracy. [7] According to The Economist, through this election, "Bangladesh effectively became a one-party state". [8]
Australia acknowledged the results of Bangladesh's parliamentary elections on 7 January 2024, expressing concern over the limited participation of stakeholders. Highlighting the importance of free and fair elections, Australia condemned the pre-election violence and arrests of political opposition members.
Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's governing and opposition parties held separate rallies in the capital on Friday over who should oversee the next general election, expected to be held early ...
Bangladesh holds a general election on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance, despite an economy that ...
Ballot paper from 2014 election. As the ninth parliament's mandate expired on 24 January 2014, article 123(2)(a) of the constitution required a general election to be held between 26 October 2013 and 24 January 2014, within 90 days before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad. [11]
Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying pictures of general election candidates, most of them from the ruling party, as an opposition boycott looks set to usher ...