Politics of Bangladesh
Party Votes % Seats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party 22,833,978 40.97 193
Bangladesh Awami League 22,365,516 40.13 62
Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 4,038,453 7.25 14
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh 2,385,361 4.28 17
Bangladesh Jatiya Party 621,772 1.12 4
Islami Oikya Jote 376,343 0.68 2
Krishak Shramik Janata League 261,344 0.47 1
Jatiya Party ( Manju ) 243,617 0.44 1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 119,382 0.21 0
Communist Party of Bangladesh 56,991 0.10 0
Workers Party of Bangladesh 40,484 0.07 0
Bangladesh Islamic Front 30,761 0.06 0
BASAD-Khalekuzzaman 21,164 0.04 0
Jamiate Ulamae Islam Bangladesh 19,256 0.03 0
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan 13,472 0.02 0
Gano Forum 8,494 0.02 0
Islami Shasantantra Andolon 5,944 0.01 0
Liberal Party Bangladesh 3,976 0.01 0
National Awami Party ( NAP ) 3,801 0.01 0
Bangladesh Progressive Party 3,734 0.01 0
Main article : 2001 Bangladeshi general election BNP won two-third majority in the parliament and won the elections .
Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972 and has undergone sixteen amendments. A caretaker government was first introduced in 1990 after the resignation of military dictator Lieutenant General HM Ershad to observe a neutral democratic election, as per demands of the two major political parties Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Awami League. Following the forced resignation of HM Ershad, Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed was nominated as the Chief Advisor and observed the 1991 general election. A Caretaker government is headed by a Chief Adviser who enjoys the same power as the regular prime minister of the country except defense matters. The Advisors function as Ministers. After 1991, the Caretaker government has also held the elections of 1996, 2001 and 2008. Although the first caretaker government was intended to help the transition from authoritarianism to democracy, this system was institutionalized in 1996 by the Sixth Parliament due to rising mistrust between the BNP and Awami League. In 2011 the then ruling party Awami League abolished the caretaker government system. This has been the biggest cause of dispute among many others between the BNP and the Awami League since then.