Local Government Elections

Local Government Elections

Logo of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Photo: Collected

Jamaat eyes solo local election run to test grassroots strength

The Jamaat-led 11-party alliance was formed in January 2026 ahead of the 13th parliamentary election and jointly won 77 seats.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin. photo: Collected.

EC targets September for local govt election schedule announcement : CEC

State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam speaks to reporters at the Secretariat on 25 August. Photo: UNB

Govt to discuss local elections preparations with EC next week

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman speaks at a meeting with leaders from the party’s Rangpur division at his political office in the capital's Gulshan today. Photo: BNP Media Cell

Tarique asks Rangpur BNP leaders to strengthen grassroots bodies ahead of local govt polls

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaks at a discussion organised by the Bangladesh Union Parishad Chairmen and Members Association at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, today. Photo: Courtesy

Local govt polls likely by year-end or early 2027, to be free and fair: Fakhrul

Election Commission building at Agargaon in the capital. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

EC to publish final list of polling centres for local govt polls on 27 Aug

Illustration: TBS

EC plans phased local polls from October, to seek govt's approval

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaks in parliament. Photo: Collected

Phased local body polls likely to begin in Sept-Oct, Fakhrul tells parliament

Illustration: TBS

EC preparing full roadmap for local govt polls