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.

The BNP's primary rivals, the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, won only 88 seats.

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.

[15] 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.