Bangladesh Nationalist Front Explained

Country:Bangladesh
Bangladesh Nationalist Front
Native Name:বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ফ্রন্ট
President:S.M. Abul Kalam Azad
National:Grand Alliance
Seats1 Title:Seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
Founder:Nazmul Huda
Headquarters:Dhaka

Bangladesh Nationalist Front is a political party in Bangladesh. Former member of parliament for Dhaka-17 Abul Kalam Azad is the party's chairman.[1]

History

Nazmul Huda founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Front in August 2012 after resigning from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 6 June 2012. Abul Kamal Azad, member-secretary, expelled Huda from the Bangladesh Nationalist Front.[2] The Front was registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2015.[3] In 2015, during talks with President Abdul Hamid over the next election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Front proposed that the Election Commission Secretariat be scrapped.[4]

Election results

Jatiya Sangsad elections

ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2014S.M. Abul Kalam Azad107,9900.63%New 7th
201813,2890.02% 1 21st

Notes and References

  1. News: Furore in Parliament after BNF demands Ershad's office moved out of Banani. 18 March 2018. bdnews24.com.
  2. News: 'Trinomul BNP' Huda's new party. 17 March 2018. The Daily Star. 21 November 2015. en.
  3. News: Time slipping away: CEC. 18 March 2018. The Daily Star. 4 December 2013. en.
  4. News: BNF for scrapping EC secretariat. 18 March 2018. The Daily Star. 29 December 2016. en.