Bangladesh Nationalist Front
Appearance
Bangladesh Nationalist Front বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ফ্রন্ট | |
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Abbreviation | BNF |
President | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad |
Founder | Nazmul Huda |
Founded | 2012 |
Split from | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Headquarters | Dhaka |
National affiliation | Grand Alliance |
Seats in the Jatiya Sangsad | 0 / 300
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Bangladesh Nationalist Front is a political party in Bangladesh. Former member of parliament for Dhaka-17 Abul Kalam Azad is the party's chairman.[1]
History
[edit]Nazmul Huda founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Front in August 2012 after resigning from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 6 June 2012. Abul Kamal Azad, member-secretary, expelled Huda from the Bangladesh Nationalist Front.[2] The Front was registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2015.[3] In 2015, during talks with President Abdul Hamid over the next election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Front proposed that the Election Commission Secretariat be scrapped.[4]
Election results
[edit]Jatiya Sangsad elections
[edit]Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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2014 | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad | 107,990 | 0.63% | 1 / 300
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New | 7th | Coalition |
2018 | 13,289 | 0.02% | 0 / 300
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1 | 21st | Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ "Furore in Parliament after BNF demands Ershad's office moved out of Banani". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "'Trinomul BNP' Huda's new party". The Daily Star. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ "Time slipping away: CEC". The Daily Star. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "BNF for scrapping EC secretariat". The Daily Star. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.