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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. Awami League conceded as many as 46 out of 300 parliamentary constituencies to Jatiya Party (JP).
In June 2005, the Awami League won an important victory when the AL nominated incumbent mayor A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury won the important mayoral election in Chittagong, by a huge margin, against BNP nominee State Minister of Aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin. This election was seen as a showdown between the Awami League and the BNP.
The "bitter rivalry" between the Awami League and BNP has affected the nation for the last two decades, Although their political positions are not so far apart. [1] The parties are led by women who represent assassinated leaders: Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, since 1981 has been head of the Awami League.
2001 Bangladeshi general election ← June 1996 1 October 2001 2008 → All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority Registered 74,946,364 Turnout 74.97% (0.63 pp) First party Second party Leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina Party BNP AL Alliance Oikya Alliance Last election 33.61%, 116 seats 37.44%, 146 seats Seats won 193 62 Seat change 77 84 Popular vote 23,074,714 ...
Bangladesh Awami League, [a] simply known as Awami League, [b] is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achieving the independence of Bangladesh .
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.
The Grand Alliance (Bengali: মহাজোট) is an alliance of political parties in Bangladesh that was formed in 2008.It consist of the Awami League, Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Jatiya Party (Manju), Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, Ganatantri Dol, Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) (Barua) and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh.
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]