At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the National
Assembly: 330
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Description
of government structure:
- Chief of State: President
Shahabuddin AHMED
- Head of Government: Prime
Minister Sheikh HASINA Wajed
- Assembly: Bangladesh has
a unicameral National Assembly (Jatiya Sansad) with 330 seats.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is
elected by the National Assembly to a five-year term.
- 300 seats in the
National Assembly are directly elected by popular vote and 30 seats
are desiginated for women*.
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Results ofthe electoral
races:
- Party: Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP)
Leader: Begum Khaleda ZIA
Seats won in this election: 197
Seats won in last election: 113
- Party: Awami
League (AL)
Leader: Sheikh HASINA Wajed
Seats won in this election: 62
Seats won in last election: 176
- Party: Bangladesh
Islamic Assembly (Jamaat-E-Islami JI)
Leader: Golam AZAM
Seats won in this election:17
Seats won in last election: 3
- Party: National
Party (Jatiyo Party JP)
Leader: Mohammed ERSHAD
Seats won in this election:14
Seats won in last election: 3
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hen was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary
elections were last held on June 12, 1996
- Seats decided in
the last election: 330
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 129,194,224 (July 2000 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 75,000,656 est.
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Of Interest:
- This was the
third time that Bangladesh has held elections while under a caretaker
administration.
- Sheikh HASINA is
the first Bangladeshi Prime Minister to complete a five-year term.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
