• Information on Bangladesh electoral system


• Election management body


• Relations with the parties and media


• The registration of electors and the electoral roll


• Preparing for the election (parliament)


• Voter awareness


• Gender and the electoral process


• Training and technology


• Poll and count


• Party agents and election observers


• Code of conduct, prevention of pre-poll irregularities and election petitions


• Post-poll appraisal


• Elections organized by the Election Commission since Independence of Bangladesh

Bangladesh achieved freedom on December 16, 1971 through a historic nine-month bloody war of liberation. Since independence, the people of the Republic have cast their votes directly in the following elections organized by the Bangladesh Election Commission :

a. The National Level Elections :

(i) 7 Parliamentary Elections held in 1973, 1979,1986, 1988,1991 and on 15th February, 1996 and 12th June, 1996.

(ii) 3 Presidential Elections held in 1978, 1981 and 1986.

(iii) 3 Referendums held in 1977, 1985 and 1991

and

b. The Local Bodies Elections :

(i) 6 Union Parishads (Union Councils) Elections in 1973, 1977, 1983-84, 1988, 1992 and 1997.

(ii) 2 City Corporations Elections in 1988 and 1994.

(iii) 5 Pourashava or Municipality Elections held in 1973,1977,1984,1989 and 1993.

(iv) 1 Hill District Council Elections held in 1989.

(v) 2 Upazila Parishads (460 Upazilas) Elections held in 1985 and 1990.