2008 Bangladeshi general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_Bangladeshi_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:announced 30 December 2008
gptkbp:awamiLeagueAlliance gptkb:Grand_Alliance
gptkbp:awamiLeagueLeader gptkb:Sheikh_Hasina
gptkbp:awamiLeagueSeatsWon 230
gptkbp:bnpAlliance gptkb:Four_Party_Alliance
gptkbp:bnpLeader gptkb:Khaleda_Zia
gptkbp:bnpSeatsWon 30
gptkbp:chiefElectionCommissioner gptkb:A._T._M._Shamsul_Huda
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkbp:date 29 December 2008
gptkbp:electionDelayedFrom January 2007
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Bangladesh_Election_Commission
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 Bangladeshi general election
gptkbp:jatiyaPartyLeader gptkb:Hussain_Muhammad_Ershad
gptkbp:jatiyaPartySeatsWon 27
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party
gptkbp:majoritySeats 151
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2014_Bangladeshi_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Jatiya_Party
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:postponedDueTo political crisis and caretaker government
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2001_Bangladeshi_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Sheikh_Hasina
gptkb:Fakhruddin_Ahmed
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 300
gptkbp:stateElectorate 81,130,973
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 87.13%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Awami_League
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bangladeshi_Awami_League
gptkb:Awami_League
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6