Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus the earlier day (16 December) launched that the next elections will be held at the pause of 2025 in December or the necessary half of of 2026.
History reveals that Bangladesh in most cases holds its parliamentary or Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections in iciness.
It is some distance then seemingly that the 13th Jatiya Sangsad will be held in December.
Bangladesh’s most in fashion electoral historical past begins on 6 December 1990, when the Ershad regime modified into as soon as ousted, marking the pause of protection power rule.
The necessary election after the restoration of democracy modified into as soon as held in February 1991 beneath a non-partisan duration in-between govt led by Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed.
This modified into as soon as the fifth JS election, which resulted within the BNP coming to energy.
The sixth JS election modified into as soon as held in February 1996 beneath BNP rule, nonetheless it modified into as soon as boycotted by the Awami League, Jamaat, Jatiya Celebration, and other opposition parties.
This parliament lasted handiest briefly sooner than a constitutional modification established a caretaker govt.
The Seventh election modified into as soon as held again in June 1996, bringing the Awami League to energy, whereas the 8th JS election took dwelling in October 2001, with the BNP regaining energy.
Equally, the ninth JS election in December 2008 saw the Awami League return to energy for a 2d timeframe.
The tenth JS election modified into as soon as held in January 2014, the 11th in December 2018, and the 12th in January 2024.
Earlier election commissions in Bangladesh beget most well-liked iciness, potentially since it tends to lengthen voter turnout when in contrast with the summer and moist seasons.
Nevertheless does weather play a job in voter turnout?
Scandalous weather will beget an affect on the pause result by keeping some voters at dwelling, Kasper Hansen, a professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen and creator of a 2023 find on weather and turnout in democratic elections, told the Novel York Times in an earlier interview.
The find discovered that what he termed “marginal voters,” or these that handiest infrequently flip out to vote, in most cases tend to make a decision out if Election Day is marked by consistent, miserable rain as an instance.
When a vote relies on ultimate-searching margins, weather can certainly play an essential role.
