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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 ...
June 26: The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations 2008 publishes breaking all previous records with a 70.41 percent pass rate and 41,917 students achieving GPA-5. June 20: The Election Commission (EC) announces that polls to four city corporations and nine municipalities will be held on August 4. June 11: Bangladesh ...
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 ...
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.
The following is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament of Bangladesh) from 300 Constituencies for the 9th Parliament of Bangladesh. It includes both MPs elected at the 2008 general election, held on 29 December 2008. Nominated women's members for reserved seat and Those subsequently elected in ...
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 ...
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 second general elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979, under President Ziaur Rahman.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won the election; They won 207 out of 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad.The total vote was 51.2%ред In this election, Awami League (Malek) won 39 seats, Awami League (Mizan) 2, JSD 8, Muslim League and Democratic League 20, NAP (Muzaffar) 1, Bangladesh National ...