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On 12 April, Ahmed announced in a televised speech to the nation that the next parliamentary election would be held before the end of 2008. [12] On 15 July 2007, the Bangladesh Election Commission published a road map for the election, promising a compilation of voter lists by October 2008 and an official election call before the end of that ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh said it will hold a parliamentary election on Jan. 7 in which the country's longest serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will seek a fifth term, as deadly protests by ...
Pages in category "2008 elections in Bangladesh" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Bottom left: Khaleda Zia, the first female prime minister of Bangladesh, was prime minister on 27 February 1991, 15 February 1996, and 1 October 2001. Bottom right: Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister of Bangladesh, became prime minister on 12 June 1996, 29 December 2008, 5 January 2014, 30 December 2018, 7 January 2024.