Election Name: | 2002 Bangladeshi presidential election |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | No |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Previous Election: | 2001 Bangladeshi presidential election |
Previous Year: | 2001 |
Next Election: | 2009 Bangladeshi presidential election |
Next Year: | 2009 |
Election Date: | 5 September 2002 |
Party1: | Independent |
Nominee1: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Image1: | File:Iajuddin Ahmed at Zia International Airport in Dhaka (cropped).jpg |
Electoral Vote1: | Unopposed |
President | |
Before Election: | Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar |
Before Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
After Election: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
After Party: | Independent |
Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 September 2002, after the resignation of the previous president A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.[1] The Election Commission declared Iajuddin Ahmed as the President after nomination papers of two other candidates were found to be invalid.[2] Iajuddin Ahmed took his oath as president on 6 September 2002.