List of political parties in Bangladesh

Since the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1991, Bangladesh has a fading two-party system, which means that two political parties dominate the general elections, the centre-left Awami League (AL), and centre-right, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of another party.

The Liberal Democratic Party left the Grand Alliance before the election and contested independently.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was founded on 1 September 1978 by President Ziaur Rahman, politician and physician A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, human rights activist and lawyer Moudud Ahmed and Mashiur Rahman as the key people.

'Bangladesh Islamic Congress'),[10] also known as Jamaat-e-Islami, or simply known as Jamaat, is a political party in Bangladesh.

Founded in 1979, Jamaat-e-Islami is the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.