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Learn how much India is different from the elections of Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami league is in power due to the boycott of elections by Khaleda Zia's party Bangladesh Nationalist Party last year. Hasina wins this election and she become the first leader to become the Prime Minister of the country for the record fourth time.

In this way, after knowing what is the general election in Bangladesh and how the Prime Minister is chosen here and how different parliamentary system is here from India. In Bangladesh, there is a general election like India and the leader of the party winning this election is the Prime Minister of the country, while the president of the country is elected by Parliament. General elections are not held for presidential selection.

Democracy in bangladesh

In 1971, the language of Bangla speaking was recognized as Bangladesh. Earlier, in the partition of 1947, it was known as Eastern Pakistan, but in 1971 it was separated from Western Pakistan and a new country came to be known as Bangladesh. Indeed, Bangladesh was established as a democratic country, but in the midst of this, the country also became a witness of military rule.

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 and after the coup of power, there was military rule for 15 years and after that in 1990, this country has seen the emergence of democracy. About 10.42 crore people, including 5.16 crore women, are voters in Bangladesh.At the same time 40 parties are participating in the elections and 1848 candidates are trying their luck. The total population of the country is about 164.7 million and its literacy percentage is 72.89 percent.

 

How different is Parliament from India?

The Parliament of Bangladesh is called the House of the Nation. There are a total of 350 members in which 300 members are elected through voting, while 50 seats reserved for women are distributed on the basis of vote share. At the same time, any political party or front need to win 151 seats to form the government. Parliamentary elections are held every five years.

 

How do you choose?

300 members of the parliament of Bangladesh are elected through elections. Though this election is done in the same way as India, and the candidate puts one vote. During this time candidates who win the most votes win. After the selection of the Prime Minister, the candidate takes oath in Bengali or English and in many parts the candidates are selected through the EVM.

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