2018 elections in Bangladesh. explained

Election Name:Elections in Bangladesh
Country:Bangladesh
Previous Election:2017 elections in Bangladesh
Previous Year:2017
Election Date:2018
Next Year:2019

Elections in Bangladesh in 2018 include election to the office of the President of Bangladesh, 11th Jatiya Sangsad election, by-elections to the 10th Jatiya Sangsad, elections to several city corporations, municipalities and local bodies.

Presidential election

See main article: 2018 Bangladeshi presidential election.

Presidential election was held on 7 February 2018.[1] Incumbent President Mohammad Abdul Hamid was nominated for the second time as the candidate to run for election by the ruling party.[2] Hamid was declared president by the Election Commission as no other candidate submitted nomination papers to the commission.[3]

General election

See main article: 2018 Bangladeshi general election.

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad.[6] The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina.

Results

See also

Notes

Voting figure measurements

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election February 18 . Dhaka Tribune . 2018-04-27.
  2. News: Handing the nomination paper . Dhaka Tribune . 2018-04-27.
  3. News: 2018-10-28. Hamid elected president for second term. The Daily Star. 7 February 2018. 17 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190717090844/https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/abdul-hamid-elected-president-of-bangladesh-second-term-1531225. live.
  4. News: Abdul Hamid re-elected as president of Bangladesh. 12 October 2019 . India Today . 7 February 2018 . en.
  5. News: Hamid re-elected as Bangladesh president. 12 October 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 7 February 2018 . en.
  6. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/11/12/ec-reschedules-election-date-to-december-30 EC reschedules election date to December 30