Bangladesh Gano Azadi League (Bangladesh People's Freedom League) is a political party in Bangladesh, founded by Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish in 1976.[1] The party president is Iskandar Mirza.[2] The party is a member of the centre-left 11-Party Alliance.[3]
Gamo Azadi League | |
|---|---|
| President | Iskandar Mirza |
| Founder | Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Split from | Awami League |
The party was briefly allied with the Awami League in the 1980s.[4]
In the 2001 parliamentary elections the party ran three candidates, in the 3 Nowabganj constituencies[citation needed]. Samad stood in the constituency Nawabganj-3, and got 468 votes (2.15%). In Nawabganj-1, party candidate Mohammed Nazrul Islam got 108 votes (0.04%) and in Nowabganj-2 Mohammed Bazlur Rahman got 204 votes (0.09%)[citation needed].
References
edit- ^ Chowdhury, Mahfuzul H. (2003). Democratization in South Asia: lessons from American institutions. Ashgate Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7546-3423-2.
- ^ Day, Alan John (1988). Political parties of the world. Longman. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-582-02626-1.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bangladesh - Awami League". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
