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2018 Bangladeshi General Election 30 December 2018 · One-party dominance · 350 seats
Awami League finished first with 300 of 350 seats on 75.0% of the vote. Turnout 82.6%. Sheikh Hasina stayed in office.
Widely described by observers as unfair, with reports of ballot boxes already stuffed before polling stations opened, which is why it is known as the midnight election.
Prime Minister before
Sheikh Hasina
AL
Prime Minister (continued)
Sheikh Hasina
AL
Largest force
Awami League
300 of 350 seats
The result Sort by Party Leader Seats Seat change Votes Vote share Swing largest first
Awami League
75.0% of votes · +27 seats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
11.7% of votes · +7 seats
Jatiya Party
5.2% of votes · -12 seats
Islami Andolan Bangladesh
1.5% of votes
Workers Party of Bangladesh
0.8% of votes · -4 seats
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
0.7% of votes · -4 seats
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh
0.7% of votes · +2 seats
Gano Forum
0.6% of votes · +2 seats
Bangladesh Tarikat Federation[viii]
0.5% of votes · -1 seats
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
0.3% of votes
Jatiya Party (Manju)
0.2% of votes · -1 seats
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab)
0.2% of votes
Party↕ Leader↕ Seats↕ ±↕ Share of the Jatiya Sangsad Votes↕ Vote share↕ Swing↕ Awami League — 300 +27 63,805,379 75.0% — Bangladesh Nationalist Party — 7 +7 9,985,202 11.7% — Jatiya Party — 28 -12 4,443,351 5.2% — Islami Andolan Bangladesh — 0 — 1,255,373 1.5% — Workers Party of Bangladesh — 3 -4 646,064 0.8% — Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal — 2 -4 610,044 0.7% — Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh — 2 +2 565,940 0.7% — Gano Forum — 2 +2 501,737 0.6% — Bangladesh Tarikat Federation[viii] — 1 -1 429,955 0.5% — Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh — 0 — 218,009 0.3% — Jatiya Party (Manju) — 1 -1 182,611 0.2% — Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) — 0 — 155,986 0.2% — Krishak Sramik Janata League — 0 — 144,115 0.2% — Khelafat Majlish — 0 — 117,110 0.1% — Zaker Party — 0 — 109,440 0.1% — Bangladesh Islami Front — 0 — 60,372 0.1% — Communist Party of Bangladesh — 0 — 55,421 0.1% — Liberal Democratic Party[xiii] — 0 — 54,031 0.1% — Bangladesh Kalyan Party — 0 — 44,436 0.1% — Bangladesh Jatiya Party — 0 — 38,750 0.1% — National People's Party — 0 — 36,611 0.0% — Islamic Front Bangladesh — 0 — 31,468 0.0% — Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh — 0 — 18,043 0.0% — Socialist Party of Bangladesh — 0 — 17,591 0.0% — Bangladesh Muslim League[xvii] — 0 — 15,116 0.0% — Bangladesh Nationalist Front — 0 -1 13,289 0.0% — Islami Oikya Jote — 0 — 11,328 0.0% — Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan — 0 — 9,796 0.0% — Bangladesh National Awami Party — 0 — 8,367 0.0% — Progressive Democratic Party — 0 — 6,113 0.0% — Gano Front — 0 — 5,277 0.0% — Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP — 0 — 5,176 0.0% — Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Mukit) — 0 — 4,606 0.0% — Jatiya Ganotantrik Party — 0 — 3,798 0.0% — Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish — 0 — 2,899 0.0% — Ganatantri Party — 0 — 1,641 0.0% — Bangladesh Cultural Liberation Front (Muktijote) — 0 — 1,219 0.0% — Communist Party of Bangladesh (M-L) — 0 — 387 0.0% — Bangladesh Muslim League-BML — 0 — 228 0.0% — Independents — 4 -15 1,498,152 1.8% —
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