Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)

Coalition of the Bangladesh Awami League and its allies

Grand Alliance মহাজোট
Leader	Sheikh Hasina
Secretary-General	Amir Hossain Amu
Members	10
Founded	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Preceded by	14 Party Alliance
Headquarters	Dhaka
Ideology	Secularism Bengali nationalism
Political position	Big-tent (right-wing to far-left)
Jatiya Sangsad	0 / 350
Website
www.albd.org
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The Grand Alliance (Bengali: মহাজোট) is a Bangladeshi big-tent electoral alliance of right-wing to far-left political parties in the leadership of Bangladesh Awami League formed before the 2008 general election. The party was a de-facto merger of the 14 Party Alliance with the Jatiya Party and LDP, although the 14 Party Alliance remained active individually. The Grand Alliance is regularly reformed before elections.

There is a common confusion that the 14 Party Alliance and the Grand Alliance are the same. While the 14 Party Alliance is the 'idealistic' political alliance between the Awami League and secular socialist parties, which is active in everyday politics, the Grand Alliance is a larger electoral alliance before elections.

Leaders of the major member parties in the 2008 Grand Alliance

Sheikh Hasina, President of Bangladesh Awami League

Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Chairman of Jatiya Party

Rashed Khan Menon, President of the Workers Party of Bangladesh

Hasanul Haq Inu, President of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JaSaD

Oli Ahmad, President of the Liberal Democratic Party

Membership

Members of the Grand Alliance
Party		Members of Parliament	City Mayors
1	Awami League	0	0
2	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	0	0
3	JaSad	0	0
4	Jatiya Party (Manju)	0	0
5	Bangladesh Tarikat Federation	0	0
Total		0/350	0/12

Party members

Current members

List of political parties allied with Grand Alliance:

Former members

Jatiya Party (Ershad) (June 1996 – 2001);(2008-2019)
Liberal Democratic Party (2008-2012)

Electoral history

Jatiya Sangsad


Election	Seats won	Change	Share of votes	Swing	Status
2008	263 / 300	New	56.45%	New	Government
2014	284 / 300	21	83.54%	27.09%	Government
2018	289 / 300	9	83.22%	0.32%	Government
2024	226 / 300	63	xxx.xxx%	xx.xx%	Government

References

"14-Party Alliance gets Amir Hossain Amu as new coordinator". Dhaka Tribune. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
"Caretaker Government". Banglapedia. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Awami League to form grand alliance before election". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
"JaPa to serve as main opposition in parliament". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (7 February 2014). "বিএনপিতে একীভূত হতে চায় এলডিপি". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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