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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 ...
November 24: Bangladesh's Electoral Commission reschedules the date for the general election from December 18 to December 29.(November 3: The Bangladeshi government schedules general elections on December 18, 2008, which will end the rule of the one and half year military-backed interim government.
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 ...
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.
General Election 1991: Gopalganj-3 [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AL: Sheikh Hasina: 67,945 72.2 BKA: Hafez Omar Ahmed 17,256 18.3 Bangladesh Hindu League Birendra Nath Moitra 4,246 4.5 BNP: Omelendro Bishwas 2,116 2.3 Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) Sheikh Shawkat Hossein Nilu: 1,527 1.6 Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Nirmal Sen ...
2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election; 2008 Bangladeshi general election; 2007–2008 Bhutanese National Council election; 2008 Bhutanese general election; 2008 Burmese constitutional referendum; 2008 Cambodian parliamentary election; 2008 Hong Kong legislative election; 2008 Kadima leadership election; 2008 Kuwaiti parliamentary election
Hasina with US President Bill Clinton at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka, 2000 Hasina with European Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels, 2001. The Awami League (AL), with other opposition parties, demanded that the next general elections be held under a neutral caretaker government, and that provision for caretaker governments to manage elections be incorporated in the constitution.
Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is removed The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during 1951–52. [1] [2] [3]