Elections in Bangladesh

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Elections in Bangladesh gives information on election and election results in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The Jatiyo Sangshad has 330 members, 300 members elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. The president is elected by the National Parliament.

Bangladesh has a unofficial two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

1 Latest election
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Latest election

Main article: Bangladeshi parliamentary election, 2001

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**Summary of the 1 October 2001 Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal)	22,833,978	40.97	193
Bangladesh Awami League	22,365,516	40.13	62
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Includes candidates of the Islamic National Unity Front (Islami Jatiya Oikya Front)		7.25	14
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh	2,385,316	4.28	17
Jatiya Party (Naziur)	621,772	1.12	4
Islami Oikya Jote	376,343	.68	2
Krishak Shramik Janata League	261,344	.47	2
Jatiya Party (Manju)	243,617	.44	1
Non-partisan and others			6
vacant		-	2
Total (turnout 74.9 %)	55,728,162	100.0	300
Rejected votes	441,871
Total votes	56,169,233
Registered voters	74,951,319
Source: Bangladesh Election Commission through Adam Carr and Daily Star