Introduction:
After the successful uprising against Hussain Muhammad Ershad’s nine years of military rule in 1990, Bangladesh entered into a parliamentary democracy and paved the way for a credible election in 1991. Since then, 6 general elections have been held in the country. The first four of these elections were held under caretaker governments and the last two elections were held under party governments. Here, in this paper, we present some basic statistical information about these 6 elections.
Winner:
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has won 4 out of 6 elections while League’s main competitor Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won only 2. However, until 2008-elections held under caretaker government-result were a tie.
The National Parliament is the highest legislative body of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The number of members of this unicameral legislature is 350; of which 300 members of parliament are elected by direct vote of the people and the remaining 50 seats are reserved for women. The term of the parliament is five years. So far, 11 national parliament elections have been held in Bangladesh. The infographic has been created with various information on these 11 national parliaments.