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Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the
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were called by the other parties and an indefinite non-cooperation movement was conducted until demands for a new, free election was met. In March 1996, following escalating political turmoil, the sitting
Parliament enacted the thirteenth
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pledged to boycott national elections scheduled for 15 February 1996.
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1179:"Elections and politics in post-Ershad era in Bangladesh"
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19:February 1996 Bangladeshi general election
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1246:Elections and referendums in Bangladesh
242:This article is part of a series on the
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1574:General elections in Bangladesh
799:General elections were held in
69:151 seats needed for a majority
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1569:1996 elections in Bangladesh
1177:Islam, Syed Serajul (2001).
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916:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
827:-led opposition claimed the
805:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
601:Parliamentary constituencies
64:300 of the 330 seats in the
7:
1145:"Tenure of All Parliaments"
681:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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854:Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
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1076:Constitutional amendment
939:Bangladesh Freedom Party
838:Commonwealth Secretariat
552:Administrative divisions
447:Leader of the Opposition
1084:Muhammad Habibur Rahman
1066:An immediate series of
825:Bangladesh Awami League
1579:1996 elections in Asia
1394:Presidential elections
696:Diplomatic missions of
538:Bangladesh Bar Council
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251:Politics of Bangladesh
1078:installing a neutral
754:Bangladesh portal
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1080:caretaker government
809:caretaker government
736:Bangladeshi diaspora
354:Mohammed Shahabuddin
872:
606:Election commission
507:Metropolitan courts
491:High Court Division
438:Leader of the House
151:Last election
20:
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673:Foreign relations
486:Appellate Division
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1254:General elections
1151:on 12 August 2018
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731:Foreign relations
718:Visa requirements
658:Political parties
519:Syed Refaat Ahmed
400:Local governments
295:Law of Bangladesh
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1196:30 December
1155:27 December
1022:Total votes
866:Khaleda Zia
723:Visa policy
414:Parliament
221:Khaleda Zia
206:Khaleda Zia
131:Khaleda Zia
1563:Categories
1352:1996 (Jun)
1347:1996 (Feb)
1098:References
1086:was named
1038:56,149,182
1025:11,776,481
819:Background
801:Bangladesh
594:Elections
465:Judiciary
334:Government
315:Article 70
305:Penal Code
290:Amendments
77:56,149,182
74:Registered
1092:June 1996
1071:(strikes)
1062:Aftermath
613:General:
567:Districts
560:Divisions
349:President
902:Reserved
713:Passport
686:Minister
390:Agencies
385:Taxation
1521:2024–25
1515:2020–21
1440:1983–84
1122:, p525
1069:hartals
899:General
860:Results
842:strikes
833:boycott
429:Speaker
373:Cabinet
127:Leader
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82:Turnout
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1050:et al.
980:Vacant
451:Vacant
442:Vacant
433:Vacant
139:Party
1182:(PDF)
1041:20.97
999:Total
905:Total
894:Seats
888:Votes
885:Party
91:34.4
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1383:Next
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1272:1926
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1262:1920
1198:2018
1157:2018
1124:ISBN
931:+140
852:and
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639:2018
615:2024
181:138
85:21%
42:1991
1010:330
1004:300
928:308
922:278
908:+/–
829:BNP
625:TBD
620:TBD
225:BNP
210:BNP
165:278
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