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]
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 | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad | 107,990 | 0.63% | New | 7th | ||
2018 | 13,289 | 0.02% | 1 | 21st |