List of political parties in Bangladesh

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]

1. A party needs to secure at least one seat with its electoral symbol in two previous parliamentary elections.
2. Securing of five percent of total votes cast in the constituencies in which its candidates took part in any of the aforesaid parliamentary elections.
3. 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

Grand Alliance

Main article: Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)

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

Main article: Left Democratic Alliance (Bangladesh)

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

Main article: Ganatantra Manch

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

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	2006		Economic liberalism National conservatism	Oli Ahmad	Centre-right	1 (2008)
2		JP-M	Jatiya Party (Manju) জাতীয় পার্টি (মঞ্জু)	2014		Bangladeshi nationalism Conservatism	Anwar Hossain Manju	Centre-right	2 (2014)
3		BSD-ML	Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল			Communism Marxism–Leninism	Dilip Barua	Far-left	0
4		KSJL	Krishak Sramik Janata League কৃষক শ্রমিক জনতা লীগ	1999		Socialism Socialist democracy	Bangabir Kader Siddique	Centre-left	1 (2001)
5		CPB	Communist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি	1968		Communism Marxism-Leninism	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		Conservatism National conservatism Economic liberalism	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		Communism Marxism-Leninism	Rashed Khan Menon	Far-left	6 (2014)
11		BDB	Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh বিকল্পধারা বাংলাদেশ	2004		Bangladeshi nationalism Conservatism	A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury	Centre	2 (2018)
12		JP-E	Jatiya Party (Ershad) জাতীয় পার্টি (এরশাদ)	1986		Bangladeshi nationalism Conservatism Populism	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		Communism Marxism-Leninism	Comrade Bazlur Rashid Firoz	Left	0
18		BJP	Bangladesh Jatiya Party বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় পার্টি	2001		Nationalism	Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho	Centre	4 (2001)
19		BTF	Bangladesh Tarikat Federation বাংলাদেশ তরিকত ফেডারেশন	2005		Sufism (Maizbhandarism) Secularism	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			Islamic democracy Bangladeshi nationalism Welfarism	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		Islamism Islamic democracy	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		Communism Marxism-Leninism	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	2017		Democracy Bangladeshi nationalism	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

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

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

• Communist Movement of Bangladesh ^[18]
• Jatiya Ganotantrik Party
• National Citizen Party
• National Revolutionary Council

See also

• Bangladesh portal
• Politics portal

• Politics of Bangladesh
• List of political parties by country

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