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
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Prime Minister (continued)
Sheikh Hasina
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Largest force
Awami League
300 of 350 seats
Turnout
82.6%
The result
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |