National Awami Party (Muzaffar)

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The National Awami Party (Muzaffar), is a left-wingpolitical party in Bangladesh.[2][3]

History

National Awami Party (Muzaffar) traces its origin to a split of the National Awami Party into two factions, one pro-China and one pro-Moscow. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-China was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. Muzaffar Ahmed was a leader of the National Awami Party (Wali) in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the East Pakistan branch of National Awami Party (Wali) became an independent party; the National Awami Party (Muzaffar).[4]

The party participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War, through the NAP-CPB-Chhatra Union Guerrilla Bahini, for which Muzaffar served as an organizer.[5]

The NAP (Muzaffar) won a single seat in the 1991 Bangladeshi general election when Md. Abdul Hafiz beat Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Kazi Faruque Kader by 103 votes in the Nilphamari-4 constituency. The party has not won a seat in any general election since.

Electoral registry

NAP(Muzaffar) banner

The party is registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission as "Bangladesh National Awami Party", and its election symbol is a house.[6] The central party office is located in Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Dhaka.[6]

Electoral performance

ElectionParty leaderVotesSeatsPositionGovernment
In number%ContestedWon+/–(Seats)(Votes)
1973Muzaffar Ahmed1,569,2998.32%
0 / 300
N/AN/A2ndExtra-parliamentary
1979432,5142.24%
1 / 300
Increase 1Increase 8thDecrease 6thOpposition
1986202,5200.71%
2 / 300
Increase 1Decrease 11thDecrease 9thOpposition
1988BoycottedDecrease 2N/AN/AExtra-parliamentary
1991259,9780.76%
31 / 300
1 / 300
Increase 1Increase 9thIncrease 10thOpposition
1996 (Feb)BoycottedDecrease 1N/AN/AExtra-parliamentary
19963,6200.01%
13 / 300
0 / 300
Steady 0N/ADecrease 25thExtra-parliamentary
20013,8010.01%
3 / 300
0 / 300
Steady 0N/AIncrease 19thExtra-parliamentary
200824,1410.03%
14 / 300
0 / 300
Steady 0N/ADecrease 22ndExtra-parliamentary
20147,1200.04%
6 / 300
0 / 300
Steady 0N/AIncrease 8thExtra-parliamentary
20188,3670.01%
9 / 300
0 / 300
Steady 0N/ADecrease 30thExtra-parliamentary
2024Ivy AhmedTBDTBD
5 / 300
0 / 300
SteadyN/ASteadyExtra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑Ahmed, Muzaffar; Ahmed, Feroz (1971). "Prof. Muzaffar Ahmed: An Interview". Pakistan Forum. 2 (1): 8–25. doi:10.2307/2569107. ISSN 0315-7725.
  2. ↑""I am only making a modest contribution to the struggle of my people"". The Daily Star. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ↑Chowdhury, Abdur Rahman. "Muzaffer Ahmed - a tribute". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ↑Das, Ranjit Kumar. "National Awami Party". Banglapedia. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ↑New Age. CPB recalls Muzaffar
  6. 12Bangladesh Election Commission. নিবন্ধিত রাজনৈতিক দল