Elections in Bangladesh in 2018 include election to the office of the

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, 11th Jatiya Sangsad election, by-elections to the 10th

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

, elections to several city corporations, municipalities and local bodies.

Presidential election

Presidential election was held on 7 February 2018. Incumbent President

Abdul Hamid ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥamīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise t ...

was nominated for the second time as the candidate to run for election by the ruling party. Hamid was declared president by the Election Commission as no other candidate submitted nomination papers to the commission.

General election

General elections were held in

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on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly elected members of the

.EC reschedules election date to December 30
Dhaka Tribune, 12 November 2018 The result was another landslide victory for the

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-led Grand Alliance led by

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

Results

Jatiya Sangsad by-elections

City Corporation elections

Notes

Voting figure measurements

References

{{Reflist Elections in Bangladesh by year

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