Bangladesh Nationalist Front বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ফ্রন্ট | |
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Abbreviation | BNF |
President | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad |
Founder | Nazmul Huda |
Founded | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) |
Split from | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Headquarters | Dhaka |
National affiliation | Grand Alliance |
Seats in the Jatiya Sangsad | 0 / 350 |
Bangladesh Nationalist Front is a political party in Bangladesh. Former member of parliament for Dhaka-17 Abul Kalam Azad is the party's chairman.
History
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. The Front was registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2015. In 2015, during talks with President Abdul Hamid over the next election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Front proposed that the Election Commission Secretariat be scrapped.
Election results
Jatiya Sangsad elections
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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2014 | S.M. Abul Kalam Azad | 107,990 | 0.63% | 1 / 300 | New | 7th | Coalition |
2018 | 13,289 | 0.02% | 0 / 300 | 1 | 21st | Extra-parliamentary |
References
- "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.
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