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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 ]
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 ...
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom; 2009 Glasgow North East by-election; 2009 Norwich North by-election; 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election; 2009 UK Independence Party leadership election; 2009 United Kingdom local elections
This electoral calendar 2009 lists the national/federal direct elections held in 2009 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states and their dependent territories. Referendums are included, although they are not elections.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and its allies boycotted the election, and voter turnout was a low 41.8%. While election day was ...
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
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]