2024 elections in Bangladesh

Elections in Bangladesh

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Elections in Bangladesh in 2024 include the general election, by-elections to the Jatiya Sangsad, elections to two city corporations, several municipalities and local bodies.

General election

Main article: 2024 Bangladeshi general election

General elections took place in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024, in accordance with the constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, won the election for the fourth consecutive time with only around 40% of the eligible voters voting. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Date	Government party before		Prime Minister before	Government party after		Elected Prime Minister
7 January 2024		Bangladesh Awami League	Sheikh Hasina		Bangladesh Awami League	Sheikh Hasina

City corporation elections

Main article: 2024-29 Bangladeshi local elections

Date	City Corporation	Mayor before election	Party before election		Elected Mayor	Party after election		Council after election	Ref.
9 March 2024	Mymensingh	Ekramul Haque Titu		Bangladesh Awami League	Ekramul Haque Titu		Bangladesh Awami League	AL 39 / 44 BNP 4 / 44 JSD 1 / 44	[5]
9 March 2024	Comilla	Arfanul Haque Rifat			Tahseen Bahar Shuchona			AL 21 / 36 BNP 5 / 36 Jamaat 2 / 36 Independent 8 / 36	[6]

Subdistrict council elections

Main article: 2024–2029 Bangladeshi local elections

The subdistrict council elections will be held in 5 phrases. 4 of them will be happened in 2024. The 5th phrase of the local government election will be held in January 2025. ^[7]

Result (1st to 4th phrase)

Main article: 2024–25 Bangladeshi upazila elections

2024–25 Bangladeshi upazila election results (party-wise)

Party		Party Leader	Chairmen contested seats	Chairmen elected in Seats	+/-	Ref.
	Awami League	Sheikh Hasina	492	407 / 495	87	[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	GM Quader	36	7 / 495	4
	Bangladesh Nationalist Party (expelled members)	Khaleda Zia	73 (expelled members)	20 / 495	20
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	Hasanul Haq Inu	3	1 / 495	1
	Jatiya Party (Manju)	Anwar Hossain Manju	1	1 / 495	0
	Krishak Sramik Janata League	Abdul Kader Siddique	1	1 / 495	1
	Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (regional)	Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma	35	4 / 495	4
	United People's Democratic Front (regional)	Prasit Bikash Khisa	26	5 / 495	5
	Independents		No Information	21 / 495	125

References

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2. "Bangladesh Election Commission schedules parliamentary polls for Jan 7". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
3. "Bangladesh to hold parliamentary elections on January 7". Al Jazeera . Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
4. "Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins fourth term in controversial vote". BBC News . 2024-01-07. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
5. "Ekramul Haque Titu re-elected Mymensingh mayor". The Daily Star . Retrieved 9 March 2024.
6. এমপি বাহারের মেয়ে সূচনা কুমিল্লার নতুন মেয়র. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-06-07.
7. "5th phase of UP elections on January 5". The Daily Star. 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
8. "2nd phase of upazila parishad election tomorrow". The Business Standard. 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
9. Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim; Hasan, Rashidul (2024-04-24). "Most parties shun May 8 upazila polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
10. উপজেলা পরিষদে প্রথম ধাপে চেয়ারম্যান হলেন যাঁরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
11. দ্বিতীয় ধাপে উপজেলা পরিষদের চেয়ারম্যান হলেন যাঁরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
12. তৃতীয় ধাপে উপজেলা পরিষদের চেয়ারম্যান হলেন যাঁরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
13. চতুর্থ ধাপে জয়ী সবাই আওয়ামী লীগের নেতা-কর্মী. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
14. রিমালে স্থগিত ১৯ উপজেলায় জয়ীদের প্রায় সবাই আওয়ামী লীগ নেতা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
15. "BNP expels 73 activists for taking part in UZ polls". The Daily Star. 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-06-13.