Elections in Bangladesh

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 party or coalition.

The president of Bangladesh is a ceremonial post and does not exercise any control over the running of the state.

The Parliament of Bangladesh (Jatiya Sangsad) consists of 350 members elected to five-year terms.

Of that number, 300 are elected in single-member territorial constituencies according to the first-past-the-post electoral system.

The remaining 50 seats are reserved for women, and are filled on the basis of proportional representation by a vote of the 300 members.

However, amidst protests, they were made to cave in to Awami League's original demands, dissolve the parliament, and hold elections under a neutral caretaker government after the enactment of the 13th amendment.

Bangladesh Awami League won the June 1996 general election for the first time since 1973 by forming a coalition government, since they fell 5 seats short of a majority.

In the 2014 general election the Awami League was declared victors in 127 of the 154 uncontested seats by default on 5 January 2014.

[12] The remaining 8 constituencies election were suspended due to violence and re-election to be held.

Bangladesh Awami League under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won their 4th term as the ruling party with 302 seats.

Following constitutional reform and a return to a parliamentary democracy in 1991, the office of the President has been largely a ceremonial one.

The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League.

The result was a victory for incumbent Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who had assumed the office in 1983 following a military coup.