2024 Bangladeshi general election
General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in January 2024.[1]
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All 300 directly elected seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
The current Sangsad (11th) is scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024, as the first session of this parliament sat on 30 January 2019 and the tenure of a parliament lasts five years.[2]
The Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government.[3]
Electoral system
The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are elected proportionally by the elected members. Each parliament sits for a five-year term.[4]
Parties and alliances
| Alliance | Leader | Party | Leader | Seats contested | |||
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| By party | By alliance | ||||||
| Grand Alliance | Sheikh Hasina | Awami League | Sheikh Hasina | ||||
| Jatiya Party (Ershad) | GM Quader | ||||||
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | Rashed Khan Menon | ||||||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | Hasanul Haq Inu | ||||||
| Jatiya Party (Manju) | Anwar Hossain Manju | ||||||
| Bangladesh Tarikat Federation | Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari | ||||||
| Bangladesh Nationalist Front | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad | ||||||
| BNP+ | Khaleda Zia | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Khaleda Zia | ||||
| Others Allies | |||||||
| None | None | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | Rezaul Karim | ||||
| Independents | None | ||||||
Candidates
Results
Constituency-wise
References
- Bangladesh PM Announces General Elections in January 2024 VOA, 9 December 2022
- "Jatiya Sangsad - Banglapedia". Banglapedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- "Get 11th Bangladesh National Election 2018 Results". The Daily Star. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- "IPU PARLINE database: BANGLADESH (Jatiya Sangsad), Electoral system". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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