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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. ( BBC News ) 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 ...
Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying pictures of general election candidates, most of them from the ruling party, as an opposition boycott looks set to usher ...
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 ...
Bangladesh’s expected parliamentary elections will be held on Jan. 7, electoral authorities announced Wednesday, but the opposition reiterated its vow to boycott the polls unless the government ...
Bangladesh’s opposition political party said it was working towards holding general elections by December, following a meeting with interim government chief Muhammad Yunus.. The caretaker ...
After holding power for more than a year, the CTG decided to hold local elections in some locations on 4 August 2008. The main parties criticised this as unconstitutional. [21] General elections were held on 29 December 2008, when the Awami League and its Grand Alliance won two-thirds of the seats in parliament.