# 2018 elections in Bangladesh.

Elections in Bangladesh in 2018 include election to the office of the President of Bangladesh, 11th Jatiya Sangsad election, by-elections to the 10th Jatiya Sangsad, elections to several city corporations, municipalities and local bodies.

## Presidential election

Presidential election was held on 7 February 2018. Incumbent President Mohammad Abdul Hamid was nominated for the second time as the candidate to run for election by the ruling party. Hamid was declared president by the Election Commission as no other candidate submitted nomination papers to the commission.
| Date | President before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected President | Party after election | Party after election | Ref. |
| 7 February 2018 | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | | Bangladesh Awami League | Mohammad Abdul Hamid | | Bangladesh Awami League | |

## General election

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina.

### Results

| | Awami League | 63,523,066 | 74.63 | 302 | +29 |
| | Jatiya Party | 4,443,351 | 5.22 | 26 | –8 |
| | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 11,113,253 | 13.06 | 7 | +7 |
| | Islami Andolan Bangladesh | 1,255,373 | 1.47 | 0 | – |
| | Workers Party of Bangladesh | 646,064 | 0.76 | 4 | –2 |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | 610,044 | 0.72 | 2 | –3 |
| | Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh | 565,940 | 0.66 | 2 | +2 |
| | Nationalist Democratic Movement | 496,427 | 0.58 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Tarikat Federation | 429,955 | 0.51 | 1 | –1 |
| | Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | 282,313 | 0.33 | 1 | +1 |
| | Bangladesh Congress | 184,823 | 0.22 | 0 | – |
| | Jatiya Party (Manju) | 182,611 | 0.21 | 1 | –1 |
| | Zaker Party | 109,440 | 0.13 | 0 | – |
| | Gano Forum | 103,535 | 0.12 | 2 | +2 |
| | Bangladesh Islami Front | 60,372 | 0.07 | 0 | – |
| | Communist Party of Bangladesh | 55,421 | 0.07 | 0 | – |
| | National People's Party | 36,611 | 0.04 | 0 | – |
| | Islamic Front Bangladesh | 31,468 | 0.04 | 0 | – |
| | Liberal Democratic Party | 25,152 | 0.03 | 0 | – |
| | Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh | 18,043 | 0.02 | 0 | – |
| | Socialist Party of Bangladesh | 17,591 | 0.02 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Muslim League | 15,116 | 0.02 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Nationalist Front | 13,289 | 0.02 | 0 | –1 |
| | Islami Oikya Jote | 11,328 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Khelafat Majlish | 11,203 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | 9,796 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh National Awami Party | 8,367 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Progressive Democratic Party | 6,113 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Gano Front | 5,277 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP | 5,176 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Jatiya Party | 4,606 | 0.01 | 0 | – |
| | Jatiya Ganotantrik Party | 3,798 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | 3,119 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish | 2,899 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | 2,351 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Ganatantri Party | 1,641 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Cultural Liberation Front (Muktijote) | 1,219 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Krishak Sramik Janata League | 597 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Communist Party of Bangladesh (M-L) | 387 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Muslim League-BML | 228 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Jatiya Party | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Bangladesh Kalyan Party | 55 | 0.00 | 0 | – |
| | Independents | 816,902 | 0.96 | 2 | –12 |
| Total | Total | 85,114,431 | 100.00 | 350 | +50 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 104,142,381 | 80.20 | | |
| Source: ECS, ECS, ECS, Daily Star, Financial Express, Dhaka Tribune, Daily Star, Daily Star, parliament.gov.bd, IFES ||||||