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Small political parties have been making large efforts to form political alliances ahead of the coming election.
But, according to statistics, political alliances formed may seem to strengthen the larger parties, but do not influence the number of votes in the election.
Most times the political parties negotiate how electoral constituencies are divided up when forming an alliance. However, at the end, only a few political parties get election seats and most of the smaller parties draw in few votes. An analysis of election results of more than 100 political parties who took part in 5 elections showed that only 16 such political parties have received over 100,000 votes in an election.
In 1991, 75 political parties took part in the 5th national election when one small political party contested in a single seat and received 25 votes.
A total of 38 political parties competed in the 9th national election after the registration of political parties became mandatory in 2008. One political party contested in a single seat and received 297 votes.
The lowest number of political parties taking part in elections during the last two decades was in the 10 Parliamentary Election on Jan 5, 2014. At least 5 among the 12 political parties who took part in that election got less than 10,000 votes total.
In a few cases, independent candidates, especially rebel factions of larger parties, get more votes than party candidates. No unregistered political party can take part in the election now that registration is mandatory. But they can compete in the election if they are nominated by a registered party in their alliance as their own candidate. Bigger parties reach out to small political parties to extend their alliance before elections, believe political analysts. They attempt to dazzle voters with the number of small political parties in the alliance irrespective of their registration or their leaders and activists.
The BNP and its alliance boycotted the 10th national election in 2014 to demand of an election held under a non-partisan neutral government. A total of 12 parties of the ruling party Awami League and its alliance took part in the election.
The candidates were elected uncontested in153 constituencies as most of the political parties boycotted the election. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party and Bangladesh Tarikat Federation contested in the election under the Awami League’s ‘boat’ party symbol. Another alliance member Jatiya Party took part in the election separately after an extended debate.
The Awami League bagged 79.14 percent of the total vote in that election. The three other members of its alliance got small percentages of the vote. The Workers Party got 2.06 percent, JSD 1.75 percent and Tarikat Federation 0.3 percent. The Jatiya Party, which became the major opposition party as the BNP had boycotted the election, received 11.31 percent of the vote.
At least 38 political parties took part in the 9th national election on Dec 29, 2008 at the end of two years of rule by the army-backed caretaker government.
Small political parties have been making large efforts to form political alliances ahead of the coming election.
But, according to statistics, political alliances formed may seem to strengthen the larger parties, but do not influence the number of votes in the election.
Most times the political parties negotiate how electoral constituencies are divided up when forming an alliance. However, at the end, only a few political parties get election seats and most of the smaller parties draw in few votes. An analysis of election results of more than 100 political parties who took part in 5 elections showed that only 16 such political parties have received over 100,000 votes in an election.
In 1991, 75 political parties took part in the 5th national election when one small political party contested in a single seat and received 25 votes.
A total of 38 political parties competed in the 9th national election after the registration of political parties became mandatory in 2008. One political party contested in a single seat and received 297 votes.
The lowest number of political parties taking part in elections during the last two decades was in the 10 Parliamentary Election on Jan 5, 2014. At least 5 among the 12 political parties who took part in that election got less than 10,000 votes total.
In a few cases, independent candidates, especially rebel factions of larger parties, get more votes than party candidates. No unregistered political party can take part in the election now that registration is mandatory. But they can compete in the election if they are nominated by a registered party in their alliance as their own candidate. Bigger parties reach out to small political parties to extend their alliance before elections, believe political analysts. They attempt to dazzle voters with the number of small political parties in the alliance irrespective of their registration or their leaders and activists.
The BNP and its alliance boycotted the 10th national election in 2014 to demand of an election held under a non-partisan neutral government. A total of 12 parties of the ruling party Awami League and its alliance took part in the election.
The candidates were elected uncontested in153 constituencies as most of the political parties boycotted the election. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party and Bangladesh Tarikat Federation contested in the election under the Awami League’s ‘boat’ party symbol. Another alliance member Jatiya Party took part in the election separately after an extended debate.
The Awami League bagged 79.14 percent of the total vote in that election. The three other members of its alliance got small percentages of the vote. The Workers Party got 2.06 percent, JSD 1.75 percent and Tarikat Federation 0.3 percent. The Jatiya Party, which became the major opposition party as the BNP had boycotted the election, received 11.31 percent of the vote.
At least 38 political parties took part in the 9th national election on Dec 29, 2008 at the end of two years of rule by the army-backed caretaker government.
