Page 232 - A READY RECKONER

banglaDesh*

H.E. K M Nurul Huda,
Chief Election Commissioner, EC

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
The People`s Republic of Bangladesh
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Unicameral
Cabinet form Of Government
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Bangladesh is a unitary Republic : one country and
President Abdul HAMID one Parliament (House)

4. Head of government Designation 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wajed nominated
5. Capital A Parliament for Bangladesh is to be known as
Dhaka the House of the Nation. The current Parliament
of Bangladesh (JatiyaSangsad) consists of 350
6. Currency members elected to five-year terms. 300 are elect-
Taka (BDT) ed in single-member territorial constituencies. The
remaining 50 seats are reserved for women, and
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) are filled on the basis of proportional representa-
Muslim- 90.39% tion by a vote of the 300 members.
Hindu-8.30%
Buddha-0.60% 4. Popular House
Christian-0.40% House of the Nation (JatiyaSangsad )
Other Religions/No religion-0.10%
5. Type of Electoral System
8. Date of Independence Proportional Representation
26 March 1971 (From Pakistan)
PArt iii
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
1972 ELECtorAL sYstEM

10. Language (s)
Bangla (official) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
11. Literacy Levels 1. Name of the EMB(S)
Male: 76.67% Female: 71.18% Bangladesh Election Commission (EC)
Total: 73.91%(2018)

*Draft. Updated by the respective EMB AS-2 212

00 A-WEB Book-1.indb 212 18-09-2020 15:41:21