List of political parties in Bangladesh
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This article lists political parties in Bangladesh.
Since the restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1991, Bangladesh has a fading two-party system, which means that two political parties dominate the general elections, the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of another party.
Although the AL and BNP dominated Bangladeshi politics for a long time, the two have led coalitions of like-minded parties multiple times, with traditionally the AL leading the left-of-centre parties and the BNP rallying the right-of-centre parties.[1]
A party is recognised as a registered party only if it fulfils one of the conditions listed below:[2]
- A party needs to secure at least one seat with its electoral symbol in two previous parliamentary elections.
- Securing of five percent of total votes cast in the constituencies in which its candidates took part in any of the aforesaid parliamentary elections.
- It needs to set up a functional central office, by whatever name it may be called with a central committee, having offices at least in one-third administrative districts, and offices at least in 100 upazilas or metropolitan thanas. And the party must have a minimum 200 voters as its members in each upazila.
Alliances
[edit] | This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. (October 2024) |
Grand Alliance
[edit]The Grand Alliance (Bengali: মহাজোট) is an alliance of political parties in Bangladesh that was formed in 2008. It consist of the Awami League, Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Jatiya Party (Manju), Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, Ganatantri Dol, Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) (Barua) and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh.
The Liberal Democratic Party left the Grand Alliance before the election and contested independently. It joined the 18 Party Alliance in 2012.
Left Democratic Alliance
[edit]The Left Democratic Alliance is an alliance of eight leftist political parties including Communist Party of Bangladesh, Socialist Party of Bangladesh, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, Revolutionary Communist League of Bangladesh, Ganatantrik Biplobi Party, Bam Gonotantrik Andolon and Ganosanhati Andolan.[3]
Ganatantra Manch
[edit]Ganatantra Manch (Bengali: গণতন্ত্র মঞ্চ) is a political alliance consisting of six political parties in Bangladesh. The alliance announced its formation on 8 August 2024[4][5][6] and consists of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab), the Nagrik Oikya, the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, the Bhasani Anusari Parishad, the Rastro Songskar Andolon and the Ganosanhati Andolan.[7][8] The Gono Odhikar Parishad was initially with the alliance, but in May 2023 they pulled out of the alliance. Among them, only the JSD (Rab) and the Revolutionary Workers Party are registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission.[9]
Registered parties
[edit]These are all the parties that are currently registered under Election Commission.[10][11]
| R.No. | Name | Founded | Symbol | Ideology | Leader | Political position | Most MP's | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LDP | Liberal Democratic Party লিবারেল ডেমোক্রেটিক পার্টি |
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|
Economic liberalism National conservatism |
Oli Ahmad | Centre-right | 1 (2008) | |
| 2 | JP-M | Jatiya Party (Manju) জাতীয় পার্টি (মঞ্জু) |
2014 | 
|
Anwar Hossain Manju | Centre-right | 2 (2014) | ||
| 3 | BSD-ML | Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল |
|
Dilip Barua | Far-left | 0 | |||
| 4 | KSJL | Krishak Sramik Janata League কৃষক শ্রমিক জনতা লীগ |
1999 | Bangabir Kader Siddique | Centre-left | 1 (2001) | |||
| 5 | CPB | Communist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি |
1968 | 
|
Shah Alam | Far-left | 5 (1991) | ||
| 6 | AL | Bangladesh Awami League বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ |
1949 | 
|
Sheikh Hasina | Big tent | 293 (1973) | ||
| 7 | BNP | Bangladesh Nationalist Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল |
1978 | 
|
Khaleda Zia | Centre to centre-right | 278 (1996) | ||
| 8 | GP | Ganatantri Party গণতন্ত্রী পার্টি |
Secularism | Md Arash Ali | 1 (2024) | ||||
| 9 | NAP | National Awami Party ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি |
1967 | Socialism | Amina Ahmed | 1 (1979, 1991) | |||
| 10 | WPB | Workers Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি |
1980 | Rashed Khan Menon | Far-left | 6 (2014) | |||
| 11 | BDB | Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh বিকল্পধারা বাংলাদেশ |
2004 | A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury | Centre | 2 (2018) | |||
| 12 | JP-E | Jatiya Party (Ershad) জাতীয় পার্টি (এরশাদ) |
1986 | 
|
GM Quader | Centre-right | 251 (1988) | ||
| 13 | JASAD | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল |
1972 | 
|
Socialism | Hasanul Haque Inu | Left-wing | 8 (1979) | |
| 14 | Jamaat | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী |
1941 | 
|
Islamism Pan-Islamism Social conservatism Right-wing populism |
Shafiqur Rahman | Right-wing | 18 (1991) | |
| 15 | JSD | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল |
2002 | 
|
Socialism | A.S.M Abdur Rab | Left | 4 (1986) | |
| 16 | ZP | Zaker Party জাকের পার্টি |
|
Sufism | Mustafa Amir Faisal | Right wing | 0 | ||
| 17 | SPB | Socialist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল |
1980 | 
|
Comrade Bazlur Rashid Firoz | Left | 0 | ||
| 18 | BJP | Bangladesh Jatiya Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় পার্টি |
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Nationalism | Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho | Centre | 4 (2001) | |
| 19 | BTF | Bangladesh Tarikat Federation বাংলাদেশ তরিকত ফেডারেশন |
2005 | Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari | Right-wing | 2 (2014) | |||
| 20 | BKF | Khilafat Andolan বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত আন্দোলন |
1981 | Islamic democracy | Mawlana Ataullah | Right | 0 | ||
| 21 | BML | Bangladesh Muslim League বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ |
1906 | Muslim nationalism | Jubeda Kader Chaudhuri | 20 (1979) | |||
| 22 | NPP | National People's Party ন্যাশনাল পিপলস্ পার্টি |
Sheikh Salauddin Salu | 0 | |||||
| 23 | JUI | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ |
Islamic democracy | Sheikh Zia Uddin | 0 | ||||
| 24 | GF | Gano Forum গণফোরাম |
1992 | Secularism | Kamal Hossain | Centre | 2 (2018) | ||
| 25 | GF | Gano Front গণফ্রন্ট |
1995 | Secularism | Jakir Hossain | Left wing | 0 | ||
| 26 | Registration cancelled | ||||||||
| 27 | BDNAP | Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনাল আওয়ামী পার্টি-বাংলাদেশ ন্যাপ |
2006 | Socialism | Jebel Rahman Ghaani | 0 | |||
| 28 | BJP | Bangladesh Jatiya Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় পার্টি |
M. A. Mukit | 0 | |||||
| 29 | Registration cancelled | ||||||||
| 30 | IFB | Islamic Front Bangladesh ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ |
Mujaddedism | Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi | 0 | ||||
| 31 | BKP | Bangladesh Kallyan Party বাংলাদেশ কল্যাণ পার্টি |
Sayad Muhammad Ibrahim | 1 (2024) | |||||
| 32 | IOJ | Islami Oikya Jote ইসলামী ঐক্যজোট |
Islamic democracy | Abul Hasnat Amini | 2 (2001) | ||||
| 33 | BKM | Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত মজলিস |
1989 | Islamic democracy | Habibur Rahman | 0 | |||
| 34 | IAB | Islami Andolan Bangladesh ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ |
1987 | Syed Rezaul Karim | 0 | ||||
| 35 | BIF | Bangladesh Islami Front বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ফ্রন্ট |
1990 | Sunni Sufism | M.A. Matin | 0 | |||
| 36 | Registration cancelled | ||||||||
| 37 | BBWP | Bangladesher Biplobi Workers Party বাংলাদেশের বিপ্লবী ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি |
2004 | Saiful Haq | 0 | ||||
| 38 | KM | Khelafat Majlish খেলাফত মজলিস |
1989 | Islamic democracy | Mawlana Mohammad Ishaq | 0 | |||
| 39 | Registration cancelled | ||||||||
| 40 | BML-BML | Bangladesh Muslim League-BML বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগ-বিএমএল |
Muslim nationalism | A.H.M. Kamruzzaman | 20 (1979) | ||||
| 41 | Muktijot | Bangladesh Sanskritik Muktijot বাংলাদেশ সাংস্কৃতিক মুক্তিজোট |
Emancipation of people and humanity and establishment of human dignity | Abu Layes Munna | 0 | ||||
| 42 | BNF | Bangladesh Nationalist Front বাংলাদেশ ন্যাশনালিস্ট ফ্রন্ট |
2012 | Secularism | M.A. Abul Kalam Azad | 1 (2014) | |||
| 43 | NDM | Jatiotabadi Ganatantric Andolon জাতীয়তাবাদী গণতান্ত্রিক আন্দোলন |
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|
Bobby Hajjaj | 0 | |||
| 44 | BC | Bangladesh Congress বাংলাদেশ কংগ্রেস |
2013 | Secularism | Kazi Rezaul Hossain | 0 | |||
| 45 | Grassroots BNP | Grassroots Bangladesh Nationalist Party তৃণমূল বিএনপি |
2015 | Secularism | Nazmul Huda | 0 | |||
| 46 | Insaniyat | Humanity Revolution Bangladesh ইনসানিয়াত বিপ্লব বাংলাদেশ |
2010 | Humanitarian | Allama Imam Hayat | 0 | |||
| 47 | BDJSD | Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal- Bangladesh JASAD বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল-জাসদ |
2023 | 
|
Socialism | Sharif Nurul Ambia | Left | 0 | |
| 48 | BNM | Bangladesh Nationalist Movement বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী আন্দোলন |
2023 | Bangladeshi nationalism | Abdur Rahman | Center to Centre-right | 0 | ||
| 49 | BSP | Bangladesh Supreme Party বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রিম পার্টি |
2023 | Sufism (Maizbhandarism) | Sayed Saifuddin Ahmed | Right-wing | 0 | ||
| 50 | AB PARTY | Amar Bangladesh Party আমার বাংলাদেশ পার্টি |
2020 | 
|
Mojibur Rahman Monju | Centre | 0 | ||
| 51 | GOP | Gono Odhikar Parishad-GOP গণঅধিকার পরিষদ-জিওপি |
2021 | 
|
Progressivism | Nurul Haq Nur | Centre | 0 | |
| 52 | NO | Nagorik Oikko নাগরিক ঐক্য |
2012 | 
|
Mahmudur Rahman Manna | Left-wing | 0 | ||
| 53 | GSA | Ganosanhati Andolan গণসংহতি আন্দোলন |
2002 | 
|
Egalitarianism | Zonayed Saki | Left-wing | 0 | |
| 54 | BDP | Bangladesh Development Party বাংলাদেশ ডেভলপমেন্ট পার্টি |
2022 | AKM Anwarul Islam Chand | 0 | ||||
Regional parties
[edit]| Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Political position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCJSS | Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti পার্বত্য চট্টগ্রাম জনসংহতি সমিতি |
1972 | Autonomy of the indigenous tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts | Shantu Larma | Left-wing | |
| UPDF | United People's Democratic Front ইউনাইটেড পিপলস ডেমোক্রেটিক ফ্রন্ট |
1998 | Autonomy of the indigenous tribes of the Chittagong Hill Tracts | Prasit Bikash Khisa | Left-wing | |
Outlawed parties
[edit]| Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Political position | Legal status | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maoist Bolshevik Reorganization Movement of the Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party | 2001 | Communism Maoism | Far-left | Outlawed | [12] [13] | |
| Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party | 1971 | Communism Maoism | Anwar Kabir | Far-left | Banned | [14] |
| Purba Banglar Communist Party | 1968 | Communism Maoism | Tipu Biswas | Far-left | Banned | [15] |
| Kuki-Chin National Front | 2008 | Autonomy of Kuki-Chin people | Nathan Bom | Banned | [16][17] |
Unregistered parties
[edit]- Communist Movement of Bangladesh[18]
- Jatiya Ganotantrik Party
- National Citizen Party
- National Revolutionary Council
See also
[edit]
Notes
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