Bangladesh National Awami Party should not be confused with Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP.
| Bangladesh National Awami Party | |
| Native Name: | বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি |
| Chairperson: | Ivy Ahmed |
| General Secretary: | Muhammad Ali Faruque |
| Ideology: | Socialism Secularism Marxism Democratic socialism Social democracy Progressivism Minority rights |
| Position: | Left-wing |
| Registered: | 09 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Abbreviation: | NAP(M) |
| Founder: | Muzaffar Ahmed |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Predecessor: | NAP (Wali) |
| Flag: | File:Flag of Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP).png |
The Bangladesh National Awami Party, or National Awami Party (Muzaffar), is a left wing political party in Bangladesh.[1] [2]
National Awami Party (Muzaffar) traces its origin to a split of the National Awami Party into two factions, one pro-China and one pro-Moscow. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-China was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. Muzaffar Ahmed was a leader of the National Awami Party (Wali) in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the East Pakistan branch of National Awami Party (Wali) became an independent party; the National Awami Party (Muzaffar).[3]
The party participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War, through the NAP-CPB-Chhatra Union Guerrilla Bahini.[4] Muzaffar was an organizer of the guerrilla force.[4]
In 1991 Bangladeshi general election NAP(Muzaffar) won one seat when Md. Abdul Hafiz beat Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Kazi Faruque Kader by 103 votes in Nilphamari-4 constituency. After that they never won a seat in any general election.
The party is registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission as "Bangladesh National Awami Party", and its election symbol is a house.[5] The central party office is located in Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Dhaka.[5]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Government | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In number | % | Contested | Won | +/– | ||||||
| 1973 | Muzaffar Ahmed | 1,569,299 | 8.32% | N/A | N/A | 2nd | ||||
| 1979 | 432,514 | 2.24% | 1 | 8th | 6th | |||||
| 1986 | 202,520 | 0.71% | 1 | 11th | 9th | |||||
| 1988 | Boycotted | 2 | N/A | N/A | ||||||
| 1991 | 259,978 | 0.76% | 1 | 9th | 10th | |||||
| 1996 (Feb) | Boycotted | 1 | N/A | N/A | ||||||
| 1996 | 3,620 | 0.01% | 0 | N/A | 25th | |||||
| 2001 | 3,801 | 0.01% | 0 | N/A | 19th | |||||
| 2008 | 24,141 | 0.03% | 0 | N/A | 22nd | |||||
| 2014 | 7,120 | 0.04% | 0 | N/A | 8th | |||||
| 2018 | 8,367 | 0.01% | 0 | N/A | 30th | |||||
| 2024 | Ivy Ahmed | TBD | TBD | TBD | N/A | |||||