Next Bangladeshi general election

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General elections are expected to take place in Bangladesh following the overthrow of the government of Sheikh Hasina by student-led protests in 2024. A constituent assembly election will take place before the general elections,^[1] The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has established a Constitutional Reform Commission for this purpose.

The 12th Sangsad was dissolved by President Mohammed Shahabuddin following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina.^[2] In June 2024, student protests erupted throughout the country, demanding the reform of quotas in government jobs. The protests were met with brutal crackdown by law-enforcement agencies and paramilitary forces, resulting in the deaths of many students. By August, the protests intensified into large-scale civil unrest against the government which eventually culminated in Hasina's resignation on 5 August.

Following negotiations between student leaders and the Armed Forces, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was appointed as Chief Adviser to head an interim government with a view to leading the country to new elections.^[3]

The Awami League won the January 2024 general elections following a record low voter turnout and a controversial election, spite of which they formed a government.^[4] The United States Department of State, in a statement, said that the election was not free and fair^[5] and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office termed the election lacking the preconditions of democracy.^[6] According to The Economist, through this election, "Bangladesh effectively became a one-party state".^[7]

The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), demanded that the government hand over power to a neutral caretaker government before the January 2024 elections.^[8] This was rejected by Hasina, who vowed that "Bangladesh will never allow an unelected government again".^[9] Hasina's resistance to a caretaker government arose following the 2006–2008 crisis, during which a caretaker government assumed military control of the country and arrested a number of political leaders, including Hasina and Khaleda Zia. ^[10] Zia was sentenced to prison for five years on February 8, 2018, for her involvement in the Zia Orphanage corruption case.^[11] The sentence was then modified to 10 years.^[12] Zia’s successor as chair of the party, her son Tarique Rahman, was also found guilty of criminal conspiracy and multiple counts of murder for a grenade attack in 2004 that injured Hasina and killed 24 people.^[13] He was sentenced to life in prison. As such, he was barred from running for office.^[14] Zia was released by the President of Bangladesh following Hasina's resignation.^[15]

The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are elected proportionally by the elected members. Each parliament sits for a five-year term.^[16] The electoral system has been criticised as disproportional^[17][18][19] and a key driver of political deadlock in the country.^[19] Some of the leading minor parties, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Gono Odhikar Parishad, Amar Bangladesh Party etc., had been in staunch opposition to the system and in support of proportional representation (PR), where Bangladesh Nationalist Party remains a supporter of FPTP.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Alliance/Party				Flag	Leader	Seats Contested	Seats Contested under Alliance
	GA		AL		Sheikh Hasina
			JaSaD		Hasanul Haque Inu
			WPB		Rashed Khan Menon
			GP		Arosh Ali
			JP(M)		Anwar Hossain Manju
			BTF		Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari
			BSD-ML		Dilip Barua
	JF		BKP		Syed Muhammad Ibrahim
			BJP(M)		Mohammed Abdul Muqit
			BML(B)		Sheikh Zulfiqar Bulbul Chowdhury
	LDA		CPB		Shah Alam
			BaSaD		Bazlur Rashid Firoz
			RCLB		Mosharraf Hossain Nannu
			BaSaD–M		Mubinul Haider Chowdhury
	GM		JSD(R)		A.S.M. Abdur Rab
			RWPB		Saiful Haq
			GSA		Zonayed Saki
	JP(E)				GM Quader		–
	BNP				Khaleda Zia		–
	Jamaat				Shafiqur Rahman		-
	IAB				Rezaul Karim		–
	BJP				Andaleeve Rahman		–
	LDP				Oli Ahmed		–
	ZP				Mustafa Amir Faisal		–
	TBNP				Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury		–
	BKSJL				Kader Siddique		–
	BDB				A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury		–
	GF				Kamal Hossain		–
	ABP				Abdul Wohab		–
	GOP				Nurul Haq Nur		–

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Rangpur Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Rajshahi Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Khulna Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Barishal Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Mymensingh Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Dhaka Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
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Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Sylhet Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

Next Bangladeshi general election (13th Jatiya Sangsad) : Chattogram Division

Party		Seats			Votes
		Contested	Won	+/–	In total			Average
						%	+/–pp
	AL
	JP(E)
	BNP
	IAB
	Jamaat-e-Islami
	Others
	IND
Total
Valid Votes
Invalid Votes
Total Votes Cast
Registered/Turnout
Source:

• 2024 elections in Bangladesh