Election 2008

Transparent ballot boxes are being sent to different polling centers.
Image: Iqbal Ahmed, DRIK News

Election coverage in Bangla:

• বাংলাদেশ ২০০৮ নির্বাচন – সর্বশেষ খবরাখবর, নির্বাচনী তত্থ্য ও আলোচনা: একটি আমারব্লগ ও ই-বাংলাদেশ পরিবেশনা
• বাংলাদেশের ভোট: জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০০৮
• সংসদ সদস্য পদপ্রার্থীদের তুলনামূলক চিত্র (নির্বাচন- ২০০৮)

Election coverage in English:

• E-Bangladesh Daily Election Related Headlines
• The New Age
• Bangladesh Election Commission

Opinion Polls:

• December 24, 2008: The Daily Star – Nielsen 2nd Election Opinion Poll, 2008
• November 21, 2008: The Daily Star – Nielsen Election Opinion Poll 2008
• Independent poll: Voter sentiments -Syed S. Andaleeb, S. S. M. Sadrul Huda, Mamunur Rashid, Quazi A. Rahman

Resources:

Voter Information: (In Bangla Only)

• Number of Voters and Vote Centers
• List of constituencies
• Map of Constituencies

Candidate Lists:

• Final Candidate list of the general election in Bangladesh 2008
• General Election: Candidate List by party symbols
• General Election: Candidate List by party

Candidate Profiles:

• Browse from the Bangladesh Election Commission Site: Party wise and Constituency wise

Corruption News Archive:

• SHUJAN- Over 4000 entries of News of Corruption of Politicians, of whom many are contesting in the 2008 election.

Election Manifestos:

• Bangladesh Awami League
• Bangladesh Nationalist Party
• Jamaat-E-Islami

Laws and Ordinances:

• Laws of Bangladesh
• Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972
• RPO 1972 – Amended Oct 2008

Past Results:

• Brief Statistics of 1991, 1996 and 2001 Parliament Election Results

Videos:

Election 2008 – Public Opinion

The video documentary portrays the public opinion and demand on election 2008 of Bangladesh. In this people openly says their hope, opinion on the governance and anti-corruption stand. Hope this video may help the internet user to understand view and vision of general people of Bangladesh.

The video has been filmed by the students of multimedia of university of liberal arts Bangladesh on the concept of Asif Saleh and directed by the course teacher Shahjahan Siraj .

Videography: The Students of Multimedia/ULAB
Concept : Asif Salah/ Drishtipat
Theme Song: Hyder Hussain
Direction & Editing: Shahjahan Siraj
Courtesy Unnayan TV

Whom I am going to cast my vote:

Courtesy: Shujan