List of political parties in Bangladesh


This article lists political parties in People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has a fading two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of another party.
However, though the center-left Awami League and center-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party dominated Bangladesh politics for a long time, currently both are heading coalitions of like-minded parties with the AL leading the secular and liberal elements while BNP is rallying the right-of-centre parties.

Alliances

Grand Alliance

The Grand Alliance also known as 14 Party Alliance is a coalition government in Bangladesh that formed in 2008 and consisted of the Bangladesh Awami League, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal- JASAD, Workers Party, Liberal Democratic Party and nine other parties.
The Liberal Democratic Party left the Grand Alliance before the election and contested independently. It joined the 18 Party Alliance in 2012.

20 Party Alliance

The 20 Party Alliance is an alliance of some Bangladeshi political parties led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and other right wing parties. It was formed on 2014 in Dhaka, extending its predecessor the 18 Party Alliance. The 20 Party Alliance is formed as an effort to strengthen the anti-government movement demanding restoration of the caretaker government system.

Left Democratic Alliance

The Left Democratic Alliance is an alliance of 8 Leftist Political parties including Communist Party of Bangladesh, Basad, Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, United Communist League Of Bangladesh, Ganatantrik Biplobi Party, Bam Gonotantrik Andolon and Gonoshonghoti Andolon.

Jatio Oikko Front

The Jatio Oikko Front is a newly formed alliance Consisting of Four political parties including Bangladesh Nationalist Party.Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, Gano Forum And Mahmudur Rahman Manna's Nagorik Oikko Bangladesh. This Alliance is trying to build up a National Unity Along with other democratic parties ahead of The 11th Jatiya Sangsad Elections.This is the biggest association of political parties in Bangladesh.

Major parties

Bangladesh Awami League

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Minor parties

These are the minor parties of which not all are registered at the Bangladesh Election Commission:
  1. Communist Party of Bangladesh - CPB
  2. Bangladesh Jasod - Sharif Nurul Ambia
  3. Socialist Party of Bangladesh - SPB
  4. Workers Party of Bangladesh
  5. Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh
  6. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal - Jasod
  7. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
  8. Communist Party of Bangladesh
  9. Bangladesh National Awami Party
  10. Bangladesh National Awami Party - Bangladesh NAP
  11. Gano Forum
  12. Gano Front
  13. Krishak Sramik Janata League
  14. Liberal Democratic Party - LDP
  15. Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh
  16. Jatiya Party
  17. Bangladesh Jatiya Party
  18. Bangladesh Jatiya Party – BJP
  19. National People's Party - NPP
  20. Progressive Democratic Party - PDP
  21. Ganotantry Party
  22. Jatiya Ganatantrik Party
  23. Bangladesh Sanskritic Muktijot
  24. Bangladesh Kalyan Party
  25. Bangladesh Nationalist Front
  26. Zaker Party
  27. Bangladesh Islamic Front
  28. Islamic Front Bangladesh
  29. Bangladesh Tarikat Federation
  30. Islami Andolan Bangladesh
  31. Islami Oikya Jote
  32. Jamiat Ulema-e Islam
  33. Khelafat Majlish
  34. Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish
  35. Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
  36. Bangladesh Muslim League
  37. Bangladesh Muslim League
  38. Bangladesh Janakallyan Party
  39. Bangladesh GonoSokti Andolon-BPM
  40. Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party
  41. Bangladesh Green Party
  42. Bangladesh Justice Party

    Regional parties