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The Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government. [23] The first session of the parliament sat on 30 January 2019. As the tenure of a parliament lasts five years in Bangladesh, [6] the Sangsad was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024.
'Bangladesh People's League'), simply known as Awami League (Bengali: [awɐmiliːg]), 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 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.
Bangladesh Muslim League: 45: 5. Bangladesh Islami Front: 25: 6. Islami Oikya Jote: 24: 7. Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan: 23: 8. Islamic Front Bangladesh: 18: 9. Progressive Democratic Party-PDP: 14: 10. Gano Front 13: 11. Bangladesh Jatiya Party 11: 12. Bangladesh National Awami Party (Muzaffar) 9: 13. Ganatantri Party: 6: 14. Bangladesh ...
Five parties of the alliance parted ways from the Awami League after the announcement and decided to boycott the election. BNP and the 7-Party Alliance with the newly formed 5-Party alliance of leftists started campaigning against the election while the Awami League and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami joined the election.
However, as a result of first-past-the-post voting, Awami League secured a 30-seat lead above BNP. The election saw a high voter turnout of ~74%. [7] With the support of Jatiya Party, [8] the leader of Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, was invited to form a government on 23 June, beginning her first term as Prime Minister. The first sitting of the ...
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 international [5] and national monitors declared the polling free and fair despite the Awami League alleging massive vote rigging by the BNP. The accusation was denied by the Chief Election Commissioner, who declared the charges "baseless". [6]