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The 2023 Bangladeshi presidential election was scheduled for Sunday, 19 February 2023 to elect the 22nd president of Bangladesh.However, nominations closed at noon on 12 February and the Awami League politician Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu, who had been nominated in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, was the only candidate nominated.
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 ...
Major General Ziaur Rahman was elected as president in that election. [7] [9] The direct presidential election for the second time was held on 15 November 1981 in the same manner. Eighty-three candidates for the election submitted nomination papers. Eleven nomination papers were disapproved. The number of valid candidates became 72.
It is responsible for announcing election schedules, outlining constituency zones, preparing electoral rolls, supervising the elections, announcing the election's results, and establishing election boards to settle any election disputes. [32] It is chaired by Kazi Habibul Awal, Md. Alamgir, Anisur Rahman, Rashida Sultana Emily and Ahsan Habib Khan.
Elections in Bangladesh in 2023 include election to the office of the President of Bangladesh, by-elections to the Jatiya Sangsad, elections to the 5 (five) City Corporation, several municipalities and local bodies.
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Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." [5] [6] The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first ...
The 2018 Bangladeshi presidential election was held on 18 February 2018. It was the seventh presidential election held since the Twelfth Amendment changed how the president gets elected. [1] The tenure of the incumbent president was set to end on April 23, 2018. [2] Earlier, on January 25, 2018, the Election Commission announced the election ...