Awami League

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh People's League বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ
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The Bangladesh Awami League (

After the emergence of independent Bangladesh, the Awami League won the first general elections in 1973 but was overthrown in 1975 after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The party was forced by subsequent military regimes onto the political sidelines, and many of its senior leaders and activists were executed or jailed. After the restoration of democracy in 1990, the Awami League emerged as one of the principal players of Bangladeshi politics. Since 2009, when the Awami League came to power, Bangladesh has experienced democratic backsliding.^[11][12][13]

Amongst the leaders of the Awami League, five have become the President of Bangladesh, four have become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and one became the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has headed the party since 1981.

History

Founding and early Pakistan era (1949–66)

During the post-Mughal era no political parties existed in the area known as Bangla or Bangal. After the British arrived and established government, the system of political representation (though much later) was adopted in the area of Bangla (Bengal) or introduced in Bengal. After the official departure of the British, the area known as East Bengal became a part of Pakistan, and the establishment of the

In 1952, the Awami Muslim League and its student wing played an instrumental role in the

Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy, who had been the AIML-nominated prime minister of Bengal in 1937 and held the same office after 1946 elections, did not agree to 'Muslim League' as the name of AIML in Pakistan. He initiated the thought that the ideal of political representation under religious identity was no longer prudent after independence and the organisation might be named as Pakistan League. Moreover, he claimed that Muslim League's objective of struggling to form a nation state had been achieved therefore political representation should continue focusing on nationalism based on Pakistani sovereignty. Suhrawardy's suggestion was not accepted, thus, he parted ways with the party to be reestablished as the Awami League in 1949. This was to serve the first shock to the country's political structure. In 1953, the party's council meeting voted to drop the word "Muslim". In the run-up to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections in 1954, the Awami League took the lead in negotiations in forming a pan-Bangla political alliance including the

The election in April 1954 swept the United Front coalition into power in East Bengal with a massive mandate of 223 seats out of 237 seats. The Awami League itself won 143 seats while the Muslim League won only 9 seats. Veteran student leader and language movement stalwart Khaleque Nawaz Khan defeated incumbent prime minister of the then East Bengal Mr. Nurul Amin in a landslide margin. Mr. Nurul Amin was defeated in his home Nandail constituency. Khaleque Nawaz Khan created history at age 27 by defeating sitting prime minister and Muslim League was wiped out from political landscape of the then East Pakistan. A. K. Fazlul Huq assumed the office of Chief Minister of East Bengal and drew up a cabinet containing many of the prominent student activists that were leading movements against the Pakistani state.^[18] They included Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the Awami League, who served as commerce minister.

Leaders of the new provincial government demanded greater provincial autonomy for East Bengal and eventually succeeded in pressuring Prime Minister

In September 1956, the Awami League formed a coalition with the Republican Party to secure a majority in the new National Assembly of Pakistan and took over the central government. Awami League President Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy became the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Suhrawardy pursued a reform agenda to reduce the long-standing economic disparity between East and West Pakistan, greater representation of Bengalis in the Pakistani civil and armed services and he unsuccessfully attempted to alleviate the food shortage in the country.^[21]

The Awami League also began deepening relations with the United States. The government moved to join the

The controversy over One Unit (the division of Pakistan into only two provinces, east and west) and the appropriate electoral system for Pakistan, whether joint or separate, also revived as soon as Suhrawardy became Prime Minister. In West Pakistan, there was strong opposition to the joint electorate by the Muslim League and the religious parties. The Awami League however, strongly supported the joint electorate. These differences over One Unit and the appropriate electorate caused problems for the government.^[21]

By early 1957, the movement for the dismemberment of the One Unit had started. Suhrawardy was at the mercy of central bureaucracy fighting to save the One Unit. Many in the business elite in Karachi were lobbying against Suhrawardy's decision to distribute millions of dollars of American aid to East Pakistan and to set up a national shipping corporation. Supported by these lobbyists, President

Widespread discrimination prevailed in Pakistan against Bengalis during the regime of Ayub Khan. The University of Dhaka became a hotbed for student activism advocating greater rights for Bengalis and the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.^[23]

On 5 December 1963, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was found dead in his hotel room in Beirut, Lebanon. His sudden death under mysterious circumstances gave rise to speculation within the Awami League and the general population in East Pakistan that he had been poisoned.^[18]

Struggle for Independence and Mujib era (1966–75)

The 6-point demands, proposed by Mujib, were widely accepted by the East Pakistani populace, as they proposed greater autonomy for the provinces of Pakistan. After the so-called Agartala Conspiracy Case, and subsequent end of the Ayub Khan's regime in Pakistan, the Awami League and its leader Sheikh Mujib reached the peak of their popularity among the East Pakistani Bengali population. In the elections of 1970, the Awami League won 167 of 169 East Pakistan seats in the National Assembly but none of West Pakistan's 138 seats. It also won 288 of the 300 provincial assembly seats in East Pakistan.^[24][25] This win gave the Awami League a healthy majority in the 313-seat National Assembly and placed it in a position to establish a national government without a coalition partner. This was not acceptable to the political leaders of West Pakistan who feared the 6 points were a step towards breaking up the country and led directly to the events of the Bangladesh Liberation War. A particular point of disagreement was transferring 6 powers to one province which was unprecedented.^{[clarification needed]} The Awami League leaders, taking refuge in India, successfully led the war against the Pakistan Army throughout 1971. Leader Sheikh Mujib was arrested by the Pakistan Army on 25 March 1971, but the Bangladeshi people continued the fight to free themselves for nine months.

After victory on 16 December 1971, the party formed the national government of Bangladesh. In 1972, under Sheikh Mujib, the party name was changed to "Awami League". The new government faced many challenges as they rebuilt the country and carried out mine clearing operations. The party had pro Pakistani newspaper editors arrested and shut down the nations' newspapers leaving only four in operation.^[26] Food shortages were also a major concern of the Awami League. War had damaged all forms of farming. The party aligned itself with NAM, and leaned towards the Soviet bloc. The party was accused of corruption by supporters of Pakistan. In 1974 Bangladesh suffered a famine: 70,000 people died, and support for Mujib declined. Bangladesh continued exporting jute to Cuba, violating US economic sanctions, the Nixon government barred grain imports to Bangladesh. This exacerbated famine conditions.

In January 1975, facing violent leftist insurgents Mujib declared a state of emergency and later assumed the presidency, after the Awami League dominated parliament decided to switch from parliamentary to a presidential form of government. Sheikh Mujib renamed the League the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, and banned all other parties. The consequences lead to a critical political state. BAKSAL was dissolved after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The move towards a secular form of government caused widespread dissatisfaction among many low ranking military personnel, most of whom received training from

After 1975, the party remained split into several rival factions and fared poorly in the 1979 parliamentary elections held under a military government. In 1981 Sheikh Hasina returned as Ziaur Rahman allowed her to return after the largest party faction, the Awami League elected her its president, and she proceeded to take over the party leadership and unite the factions. As she was under age at the time she could not take part in the 1981 presidential elections that followed the assassination of President Ziaur Rahman. Throughout the following nine years of military rule by General Hussain Muhammad Ershad the Awami League participated in some polls but boycotted most as Ershad did not believe in democracy. On 7 May 1986, Awami League participated in the general election of Bangladesh staged by military ruler Lt Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad even though the other major political party and the winner of previous elections Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted. British observers including a journalists termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".^[27]

The Awami League emerged as the largest opposition party in parliament in the elections in 1991, in which Khaleda Zia became the first female prime minister.

AL's second term in office had mixed achievements. Apart from sustaining economic stability during the

The party won only 62 out of 300 parliamentary seats in the elections held in October 2001, despite winning 40% of the votes, up from 36% in 1996 and 33% in 1991. The BNP and its allies won a two-thirds majority in parliament with 46% of the votes cast, with BNP alone winning 41%, up from 33% in 1996 and 30% in 1991.

In its second term in opposition since 1991, the party suffered the assassination of several key members. Popular young leader

Throughout 2007 and 2008, the military backed government tried to root out corruption and remove Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia of the AL and BNP respectively.[29] While these efforts largely failed, they succeeded in producing a credible voter list that was used on 29 December 2008 national election.

The Awami League won the national election held on 29 December 2008 as part of a larger electoral alliance that also included the Jatiya Party led by former military ruler General Hussain Muhammad Ershad as well as some leftist parties. According to the Official Results,^[30] Bangladesh Awami League won 230 out of 299 constituencies, and together with its allies, had a total of 262 parliamentary seats.^{[citation needed]} The Awami League and its allies received 57% of the total votes cast. The AL alone got 48%, compared to 36% of the other major alliance led by the BNP which by itself got 33% of the votes. Sheikh Hasina, as party head, became the new Prime Minister. Her term of office began in January 2009.^[31] The current cabinet has several new faces, including three women in prominent positions: Dr Dipu Moni (Foreign Minister), Matia Chowdhury (Agriculture Minister) and Sahara Khatun (Home Minister). Younger MPs with a link to assassinated members of the 1972–1975 AL government are Sayed Ashraful Islam, son of Syed Nazrul Islam, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, son of Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni, and Sohel Taj, son of Tajuddin Ahmad.

Since 2009, the Awami League government faced several major political challenges, including BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) mutiny,^[32] power crisis,^[33] unrest in garments industry^[34] and stock market fluctuations.^[35] Judicial achievements for the party included restoring original 1972 constitution, returning secularism to the constitution,^[36] beginning of war crimes trials,^[37] and guilty verdict in 1975 assassination trial.^[38] According to the Nielsen 2-year survey, 50% felt the country was moving in the right direction, and 36% gave the government a favourable rating.^[39]

In the 2014 election the Awami League led alliance won a second term of which 154 Members (out of 300) of Parliament were selected where there were no election . Only 5% voter attended in the polling station and cast their votes. The opposition and one of the most popular parties (BNP) boycotted the election for removing the caretaker government (neutral government) system from the constitution after completion of 5 years tenure.^[40][41] With 21 people dead due to the violence during election, along with further human rights abuses and an absence of opposition, this was one of the controversial general elections in Bangladesh's history.^[42] This election was further tainted by arrests where dozens of opposition leaders and members were taken into custody.

Name and symbols

The

and the name "Bangladesh Awami League" was eventually settled upon.

The most common mascot and electoral symbol for the party has been the boat, which signified the attachment to rural Bengal. Traditionally the party had no consistent colour identity. After the 1991 election, the colour green became associated with Awami League, while blue has become the identifying colour for rival nationalist party.

The salutation "

Bangabandhu

" is used by the party members at the end of speeches and communications pertaining to or referring to patriotism towards Bangladesh and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib.

The Awami League party flag is a green field with four five-rayed red star at its centre, and a vertical red stripe at the hoist side. The flag also bears some resemblance to the flag of Pakistan, showing the ex-Pakistani origin of the Awami League. The four stars on the Flag represent the four fundamental principles of the party: nationalism, secularism, socialism, and democracy.

Ideology and policies

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman thought

Main article: Mujibism

The ideology of Awami League has been evolved through political and socio-economic landscape of the country since its creation. The current ideology of the party, as stated in its constitution, and in two cases defines the reason for, comprise four fundamental principles in guiding its philosophy and policies.^[44] They include: democracy, socialism, secularism and nationalism. The origins of these principles can be traced to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's political thought.^[45][46][47] However it is doubted how much current Awami League follows its fundamental principles.

Economy

See also: Socialism in Bangladesh § Socialist era (1972–1975)

Previously the party advocated for a

economic regulation under a planned economy and limited market activities, which was characterized as "neither capitalist nor socialist" in nature.^[48] Since Sheikh Hasina became the leader of Awami League in 1981, the party begun espousing more economically liberal positions, and has moved closer to the centre of the political spectrum.^{[citation needed]} In 1991, AL president and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina noted that socialism was a failed system.^[49]

Vision 2021 and Vision 2041

Main articles: Vision 2021, Bangladesh Vision 2041, and Smart Bangladesh

Before the

income inequality and high standard of living.^[52][53][54]

Environmentalism

In 2011, Awami League government passed the 15th amendment to the

Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, an "adaptation-based technical and economic master plan, which has considered the effects of water resources management, land use, environment, and climate change, and its interaction on the development results".^[56] Sheikh Hasina's government has been praised for combating natural calamities, greening her country and promoting international consciousness regarding climate change.^[57]

Foreign policy

During the

People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia recognized Bangladesh just after 15 August.^[58]

Awami League is often described as

Indian PM Narendra Modi which resolved the decade-long India–Bangladesh enclaves

problem.

Awami League continued good relationship with China. "Hasina has adroitly balanced ties with both India and China".[60]

Sheikh Hasina government allowed Rohingyas to take refuge in Bangladesh, for which she received credit and praise in home and abroad.^[61]

Awami League continues to support

Palestinian cause. In 1972, Awami League government officially rejected the Israeli recognition of Bangladesh.^[62] In 2014, Sheikh Hasina said, "We have been continuing our support to the Palestinians and occupation of their land by the Israelis is never acceptable".^[63]

Criticisms

Authoritarianism

Awami League has been described as

authoritarian by various national and international observers.^{[5][6][7][64][65]} In 2011, the AL-led government abolished the neutral non-partisan caretaker government system through passage of the 15th amendment of the constitution with its majority in Parliament,^[66] despite the protests of opposition parties, including the BNP.^[67] Since the 2014, the freedom of the press in Bangladesh has declined dramatically. Awami League government targeted and detained many leading newspapers, television channels and pro-opposition journalists.^[68] According to Ali Riaz, "Awami League has established total control over state machinery and politics" since 2018.^[64]

In a 2021 report Human Rights Watch said that in government the party has "doubled down on an authoritarian crackdown on free speech, arresting critics, and censoring media."^[69] This followed a prior violent crackdown on those that criticised the party in 2018.^[70] The general elections of 2014 and 2018 was criticized by the United States and the European Union for irregularities.^[71][72]

JRB atrocities

Main article: Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini § Human rights abuses

death squads, and rape. Human Rights Watch states that institutionalized violence committed by the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini, established the culture of impunity and widespread prevalence of abuses by security forces in independent Bangladesh.^[73]

Islamism

In recent years, despite party's official and historical position for secularism, Awami League has been surprisingly silent numerous times regarding freedom of religion in the country. Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government retained Islam as the state religion and promoted Islam many times in home and abroad. It has been accused of remaining silent "on the spate of killings of bloggers, secularists, atheists, teachers, free thinkers and activists" that have taken place in the country while it has been in government.^[74] Hasina supported calls to remove the Statue of Justice in Bangladesh Supreme Court. Many criticized these calls, saying Sheikh Hasina was bowing down to the pressure of Islamist political hard-liners.^[75]

LGBT issues

Further information: LGBT rights in Bangladesh

It was reported in 2017 that the party in government has been cracking down on the LGBT community. This has included the arrests of those accused of being homosexual.^[74]

However, during

2024 Bangladesh textbook tearing controversy, where a varsity teacher Asif Mahtab Utsha ripped a textbook alleging of promoting transgender concepts, almost a vise-versa claim was made by the critiques of the party that they found out that the Awami Regime and NCTB took swift actions against Asif's homophobic behaviors displayed at online.^[76]

Promotion of "political nationalism"

Awami League has been accused for promoting "political nationalism", a form of

radical nationalism. This form of nationalism emphasizes on "exclusion based on political identity" over other factors, although it is "more inclined to accept religious diversity, cultural differences, and racial diversity within a state, but cannot accept political differences in ideology or party support". The party always styles itself as the "proliberation force" and positions itself as the "sole custodian" of the spirit of Liberation War, while diminishing the opposition's contributions to the Liberation War; which has been described as an attempt to delegitimize the opposition in the context of electoral politics. Critiques argue that this type of self-proclaimed interpretation of Bangladesh Liberation War results in an illiberal socio-political landscape in the country that marginalizes the opposition.^[65]

Organization

Constitution

The Constitution of the Bangladesh Awami League (

romanized: Bānlādēśa ā'ōẏāmī līgēra gaṭhanatantra) has 24 Articles and includes contents of General Program, Membership, Organization System, Central Organizations, Name, Aims and Objectives, Fundamental Principles, Commitments. In accordance with the changing situation and tasks, revisions were made in some of the articles at the National Conference.^[77]

National Conference

The National Conference NC (

romanized

: Jātīẏa sam'mēlana) is the party's highest body, and, since the 1st National Conference in 1949, has been convened every three years (sometimes on an irregular basis). According to the party's constitution, the National Conference may be postponed on except "under extraordinary circumstances." The party constitution gives the NC following responsibilities:

• electing the President
• electing the general secretary
• examining the report of the outgoing Central Working Committee
• discussing and enacting party policies
• revising the party's constitution

In practice, the party councillors and delegates rarely discuss issues at length at the National Conference. Most substantive discussion takes place before the Conference, in the preparation period, among a group of top party leaders. In between National Conferences, the Central Working Committee is the highest decision-making institution.

Central Working Committee

Main office holders

Sheikh Hasina Wazed, President of AL since 16 February 1981

Obaidul Quader

, General Secretary of AL since 23 October 2016

The Central Working Committee (

romanized: Kēndrīẏa kāryanirbāhī sansada) of the Awami League is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Party. It is currently composed of 81 full members and 29 alternate members. Members are elected once every three years by the National Conference of the Bangladesh Awami League.^[78][79]

The Central Working Committee is made up of the following:

• The Party Presidium:[80]
  • The Party President
  • 17 Presidium Members
  • The General Secretary
  • 4 Joint General Secretary
  • The Treasurer
• 28 Additional Members
• 29 Secretaries of the Sub Committee

1. Office Secretary
2. Liberation War Affairs secretary
3. Finance and planning secretary
4. International Affairs secretary
5. Law Affairs secretary
6. Agriculture and Co-operation secretary
7. Information and Research secretary
8. Relief and Social welfare secretary
9. Religious Affairs secretary
10. Press and Publications secretary
11. Forest and Environment secretary
12. Science and Technology affairs secretary
13. Women Affairs secretary
14. Youth and Sports affairs secretary
15. Education and Human resource secretary
16. Industries and Commerce secretary
17. Labour and Manpower secretary
18. Cultural Affairs secretary
19. Health and Population secretary
20. 8 Organising secretaries
21. Deputy Office-secretary
22. Deputy Press-secretary

and

• 10 Parliamentary Committee member

Members of the Presidium

The *Presidium of the Awami League* is the topmost decision-making body of the Awami League, and in turn, as Awami League has been the sole ruling party of Bangladesh since 2009, unofficially one of the highest and most important decision-making bodies of the country itself.

The members of the current Presidium are:

1. 𝘏𝘌 Sheikh Hasina
2. 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘮 Matia Chowdhury
3. Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim
4. Kazi Zafarullah
5. 𝘌𝘯𝘨. Mosharraf Hossain
6.

Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya

7.

Muhammad Abdur Razzaque

8.

Muhammad Faruk Khan

9. Shajahan Khan
10. Jahangir Kabir Nanak
11.

Abdur Rahman

12. A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
13. 𝘉𝘪𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘬𝘳𝘰𝘮 Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya
14. 𝘈𝘥𝘷. Md. Qamrul Islam
15. Simeen Hussain Rimi
16.

Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin

Advisory Council

Almost 38 Advisory Council (

romanized: Upadēṣṭā pariṣada) members working as party's think-tank and are not Part of the Central Working Committee The Awami League Advisory Council is the highest governing of Bangladesh Awami League.^[79]

Centre for Research and Information

The

Centre for Research and Information CRI is the think-tank and research cell of the Awami League. The foundation offers political education, conducts scientific fact-finding research for political projects, grants scholarships to gifted individuals, researches the history of Awami League, and supports and encourages youth, international understanding, and development-policy co-operation.^{[81][82][83][84][85]}

Activities

• Let's Talk
• Policy Café
• CRI Junction
• Young Bangla and CRI: The Young Bangla Programme comprises the several schemes, acting as a flexible space for the youth, thousands of individuals and youth-led organizations, supporting them with resources and capacity enhancement trainings.^[86][87]

Wings

Type	Official Name	Common Term
Student Wing	Bangladesh Chhatra League	Chhatra League
Youth Wing	Bangladesh Awami Jubo League	Jubo League
Women's Wing	Bangladesh Mohila Awami League	Mohila League
Farmer Wing	Bangladesh Krishak League	Krishak League
Trade Union Wing	Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League	Jatiya Sramik League
Volunteer Wing	Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League	Swechasebak League

President and general secretary of the AL, 1949–present

President[88][89]	Elected (National Council; NC)	In Office	Term length	General Secretary[90][91]
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani	NC: 1949, 53, 55	23 June 1949 – 27 July 1956	7 years, 34 days	Shamsul Huq Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy	(acting)	27 July 1956 – 10 October 1957	1 year, 75 days	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish	NC: 1957, 64	10 October 1957 – 25 January 1966	8 years, 107 days	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	NC: 1966, 70, 72	25 January 1966 – 18 January 1974	7 years, 358 days	Tajuddin Ahmad Zillur Rahman
Muhammad Qamaruzzaman	NC: 1974	18 January 1974 – 24 February 1975	1 year, 37 days	Zillur Rahman
Dissolution (see: BAKSAL )
Syeda Zohra Tajuddin (Convenor)	Special Council: 1977	4 April 1977 – 16 February 1978	318 days	None
Abdul Malek Ukil	NC: 1978	16 February 1978 – 16 February 1981	3 years, 0 days	Abdur Razzaq
Sheikh Hasina	NC: 1981, 87, 92, 97, 02, 09, 12, 16, 19, 22	16 February 1981– present	43 years, 60 days	Abdur Razzaq Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury Zillur Rahman Abdul Jalil Sayed Ashraful Islam Obaidul Quader

State leaders from the AL, 1971–present

President of Bangladesh
Name	Term in office
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1971–1972
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury	1972–1973
Mohammad Mohammadullah	1974–1975
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1975 (Assassinated)
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad	1975 (Deposed)
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem	1975–1977
Zillur Rahman	2009–2013
Abdul Hamid	2013–2023
Mohammed Shahabuddin	2023–Present

Vice President of Bangladesh
Name	Term in office	Note
Syed Nazrul Islam	1971–1972	Acting party president (1966–1969) while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was in prison[92]

Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Name	Term in office
Tajuddin Ahmad	1971–1972
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1972–1975
Muhammad Mansur Ali	1975
Sheikh Hasina	1996–2001; 2009–present

Election results

Jatiya Sangsad elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1973	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	13,798,717	73.20%	293 / 300	New	1st	Government
1979	Asaduzzaman Khan	4,734,277	24.56%	39 / 300	254	2nd	Opposition
1986	Sheikh Hasina	7,462,157	26.16%	76 / 300	37	2nd	Opposition
1988		Boycotted		0 / 300	76	—	Extra-parliamentary
1991		10,259,866	30.08%	88 / 300	88	2nd	Opposition
Feb 1996		Boycotted		0 / 300	88	—	Extra-parliamentary
Jun 1996		15,882,792	37.44%	146 / 300	146	1st	Coalition Government
2001		22,365,516	40.13%	62 / 300	84	2nd	Opposition
2008		33,634,629	48.04%	230 / 300	168	1st	Government
2014		12,357,374	72.14%	234 / 300	4	1st	Government
2018		63,523,066	74.63%	257 / 300	23	1st	Government
2024		xx,xxx,xxx	xx.xx%	222 / 300	35	1st	Government

See also

• Politics of Bangladesh
• List of political parties in Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Nationalist Party
• List of political parties in Pakistan
  • National Awami Party
  • Awami National Party
• Suchinta Foundation

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External links

• Media related to Bangladesh Awami League at Wikimedia Commons
• Awami League web site Archived 19 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine