Elections in Bangladesh gives information
on election and election results in Bangladesh.Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 330 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five year term in single-seat constituencies while 30 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling party or coalition. The Prime Minister is the head of the government. The president who is the head of the state is elected by the National Parliament.Bangladesh has an unofficial two-party system which has evolve dover time since the elciton of 1991. It means that there are two dominant political parties or coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party in terms is single majority.Latest national electionThe general elections will be held on 29 Dceember 2008 under the military-controlled interim government headed by Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed. The state of Emergency declarared in early 2007 has been lifted on 16 December. Howeevr military will be deployed to in case its support is necessary for the sake of law and order. Many national and foreign electoral observation misison have been allowed to opearte. The official Election Commission website contains elections-related information, but a far better source for news, views and other resources, such as interactive maps, is the New Age Election Portal (newagebd.com/election).