IPU PARLINE database: BANGLADESH (Jatiya Sangsad), Electoral system
- ️Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ️Sun Mar 12 1995
| Parliament name (generic / translated) | Jatiya Sangsad / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament | Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK | |
| Electoral Law | 26 December 1972 Last amendment: 03/12/1995 |
| Mode of designation | directly elected 300
indirectly elected 50 |
| Constituencies | 300 single-member constituencies |
| Voting system | Majority:
Direct simple majority vote.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections held within 90 days. Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements | - age: 18 years
- Bangladesh citizenship - residence in constituency of vote - disqualifications: insanity |
| CANDIDATES | |
| Eligibility | - age: 25 years
- Bangladesh citizenship - ineligibility: insanity, undischarged bankruptcy, imprisonment for more than 2 years (for criminal offence involving moral turpitude), allegiance to a foreign State |
| Incompatibilities | - certain offices of profit in the service of the Republic or of a statutory public authority |
| Candidacy requirements | - support by 2 qualified electors of constituency
- deposit of 5,000 takas, reimbursed if the candidate obtains at least 1/8 of the total votes cast - candidates may run simultaneously in several constituencies |