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Some supporters of the ruling Awami League also clashed with opposition activists outside the Bangladesh Supreme Court. [23] [24] [25] The BNP accused the police of barring Zia's car from leaving in order for her to lead the march. [25] Thousands of security forces, mainly police, were present to prevent the opposition activists from rallying. [26]
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. Awami League conceded as many as 46 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies to Jatiya Party (JP).
2024 Bangladesh general election (12th Jatiya Sangsad) : Rajshahi Division; Party Seats Votes Contested Won +/– In total Average % +/–pp; Bangladesh Awami League: 35 32 1 4,317,852 65.25 123,367 Jatiya Party (Ershad) 37 1 1 120,198 1.82 3,249 Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) 18 1 1 54,946 0.83 3,053 Workers Party of Bangladesh: 6 0 1 39,993 0. ...
Awami League, called for 17-day hartal [3] 2010-11-30: 1 (all day) [4] BNP: Opposing Khaleda Zia's eviction after 30-year-long stay in military house: 1193rd hartal in the history of Bangladesh 2013-04-02: 1 (all day) [5] Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir: opposed to sending Delwar Hossain Sayeedi on police remand for questioning. 2013-04-09: 1 ...
The *Presidium of the Awami League* is the topmost decision-making body of the Awami League, and in turn, as Awami League has been the sole ruling party of Bangladesh since 2009, unofficially one of the highest and most important decision-making bodies of the country itself.
At the end of BNP's 2001–2006 term, BNP tried to assign K. M Hasan as Chief Advisor of the caretaker government. By this, BNP tried to influence the results of the election. Seeing this Awami League questioned the neutrality of him. The immediate past Chief Justice, who was in line to become Chief Advisor of the caretaker government.
The BNP's primary rivals, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, won only 88 seats. However, there was little difference between the two main parties in terms of the popular vote share, with BNP only receiving around 250,000 votes more than the Awami League. [2] Of the directly elected 300 seats, only four were won by female candidates.
The Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh all put forward full slates of 300 candidates. The Jatiya Party ran 293 candidates, Islami Oikkya Jote 166 and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) 67, with other minor parties nominating a combined 864 candidates. 284 candidates ran as independents.