| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | |
| Native Name: | জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল |
| Abbreviation: | JSD JaSaD |
| Leader: | Hasanul Haque Inu |
| Wing1 Title: | Armed wing |
| Ideology: | Democratic socialism Historical: Vanguardism Left-wing nationalism Scientific socialism[1] |
| Position: | Left-wing |
| Colours: | Red |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in the Jatiya Sangsad |
| Founder: | Mohammad Abdul Jalil Serajul Alam Khan |
| Seats1: | Parliament dissolved |
| Seats2 Title: | Councillor in City Corporations |
| Seats3 Title: | Chairmen in Subdistrict Councils |
| Seats4 Title: | Chairmen in Union Councils |
| National: | Grand Alliance |
| Headquarters: | 22/1 Topkhana Road (4th Floor), Dhaka[2] |
| Flag: | জাসদের পতাকা.svg |
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Bengali: জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল|lit=National Socialist Party) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul Alam Khan. It party was dominant during the 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency.
The current party president is Hasanul Haque Inu, with Executive President Moinuddin Khan Badol MP, and General Secretary Nazmul Haq Prodhan MP.
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) was formed in 1972 when it split from Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League, under the leadership of Serajul Alam Khan, M. A. Jalil, ASM Abdur Rab and Shajahan Siraj. It had an armed wing, Gonobahini, led by Colonel Abu Taher and Hasanul Haq Inu, Kazi Aref Ahmed, Monirul Islam, Sharif Nurul Ambia that led a violent left-wing insurgency against the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[3] Their aim was to form a new left wing democratic national government, for facilitating establishing a socialist state with Bangladeshi characteristics. This led the government to form the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini, the aim of which was to counter insurgency by the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASAD) activists.[4]
Before the coup of 15 August 1975, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal had planned to organize a mass upsurge to form a democratic national government replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[5]
After Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family were assassinated on 15 August 1975, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Abu Taher showed his support and remarked: "The corpse of Sheikh Mujib should have been thrown into The Bay of Bengal".[5]
On 7 November 1975, forces loyal to Colonel Abu Taher rescued army chief Ziaur Rahman from house arrest. When Ziaur Rahman realized that Abu Taher was moving the country into a direction of leftist communism which contradicted Zia's right wing views, Zia declared martial law, formed the right wing Bangladesh Nationalist Party and cracked down on the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal by executing Abu Taher and sentencing other leaders to various prison terms.[5] [6]
During Ziaur Rahman's rule, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal split up twice. The party fragmented again during the regime of Hussain Muhammad Ershad in the 1980s, with ASM Abdur Rab and Shajahan Siraj heading two separate factions. Abdur Rab's faction, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, became the opposition after taking part in the 1988 elections that were boycotted by all major political parties. After the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power in 1991, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal allied itself with former rivals Bangladesh Awami League to counter growing BNP and right wing influence in the country. ASM Abdur Rab later served as a minister from 1996 to 2001 in the Awami League-led government.[6] After the BNP returned to power in 2001, Shajahan Siraj merged his party with it.[6]
Meanwhile, Inu, who became MP after winning elections as a grand alliance nominee with the victorious Awami League's boat as his symbol in 2008, was made Information Minister. after another split The General Secretary of the Inu-led faction is Shirin Akhter.[7]
| 1973 | Serajul Alam Khan | 1,229,110 | 6.52% | New | 3rd | |||
| 1979 | 931,851 | 4.83% | 7 | 4rd | ||||
| 1991 | Hasanul Haque Inu | 171,011 | 0.50 | 8 | 11th | |||
| 2001 | 119,382 | 0.21 | 0 | 9th | ||||
| 2008 | 506,605 | 0.72 | 3 | 4th | ||||
| 2014 | 203,799 | 1.19 | 2 | 4th | ||||
| 2018 | 610,044 | 0.72 | 3 | 6th | ||||
| 2024 | xxxxxxx | xx.xx% | 1 | 4th |