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Bangladesh has a fading two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of another party. A two-party system is a form of party system where two major political parties dominate the voting in nearly all elections. ...

However, though the center-left Awami League and center-right BNP dominated Bangladesh politics for a long time, currently both are heading coalitions of like minded parties with the AL leading the secular and liberal elements while BNP is rallying the centre-of-right parties. The Bangladesh Awami League (বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ Bāŋlādeś Āowāmī Līg) or the Bangadesh Peoples League is the main opposition party in Bangladesh. ... BNP may be: British National Party, a British nationalist political party British National Party (1960s), a British political party active in the 1960s Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna, a Sri Lankan political party Balochistan National Party, a political party in Pakistan Bandipur National Park, a national park in India Banff National...

The parties

Parliamentary parties

• Bangladesh Awami League
• Bangladesh Islamic Assembly (Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh)
• Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal)
• Liberal Democratic Party
• Islamic Unity Front (Islami Oikya Jote)
• National Party (Jatiya Party), in an alliance Islamic National Unity Front (Islami Jatiya Oikya Front)
• National Party (Manju) (Jatiya Dal (Manju))
• National Party (Naziur) (Jatiya Dal (Naziur))
• Peasants' and Workers' People's League (Krishak Sramik Janata League)
• Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish
• Jatiyo Shomajtantrik Dal

The Bangladesh Awami League (বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ Bangladesh Aoami Lig) or the Bangladesh Peoples League is the main opposition party in Bangladesh and the political catalyst for Bengali discontent and rebellion in 1971. ... Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh is the largest and most influential Islamic political party in Bangladesh. ... Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dôl, BNP) is the immediate past ruling political party of Bangladesh, as part of an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (as of October 2006). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh). ... The Islami Oikya Jotye (Islamic Unity Front) is a political party in Bangladesh. ... Jatiya Party (National Party) is a Bangladeshi political party. ... Islami Jatiya Oikya Front (Islamic National United Front), a political front in Bangladesh, led by Jatiya Party (Ershad). ... The Jatiya Party (Manju) (National Party (Manju)) is a political party in Bangladesh. ... The Jatiya Party (Naziur) (National Party (Naziur)) is a political party in Bangladesh. ... The Peasants and Workers People League (Krishak Sramik Janata League) is a political party in Bangladesh. ...

Other parties

• Communist Party of Bangladesh
• Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB)
• Gonoshanghhoti Andolon
• Liberal Party Bangladesh
• Hizb ut-Tahrir

Poster of the CPB commemorating the 50th anniversary of its foundation (as part of the Communist Party of Pakistan The Communist Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Liberal Party Bangladesh<www. ... Hizb ut-Tahrir (Arabic: حزب التحرير; English: Party of Liberation) is an international non-sectarian Sunni pan-Islamist political party whose goal is to establish a unitary[2] caliphate in the Muslim world to politically unify the Muslim world. ...

Other lists

• List of parties participating in the 2001 Bangladesh elections

List of parties participating in the 2001 Bangladesh elections Party name followed by election symbol. ...

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals