The Bangladesh Islami Front () is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 parliamentary election, the party fielded 16 candidates. Together, they gathered 29,002 votes (0.05% of the national vote), but the party won no seats in the Jatiya Sangsad. The party's student wing is Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena.
History The party was founded on 21 December 1990.
On 27 August 2014, presidium member Nurul Islam Farooqi, was murdered following a home invasion. In August, 2014, Islami Chhatra Sena chief Muhammad Nurul Haq Chisty announced at a press conference that a half-day strike across Bangladesh would be observed, and called for the arrest and trial of Farooqi's killer. The student party formed a human chain on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway's Ashuganj Goalchattor area on 25 August 2015, demanding an exceptional punishment for Farooqi's killer.
The Bangladesh Islami Front entered into the Jatiya Party-led Sammilita Jatiya Jote (United National Alliance) in 2017.
Election results Jatiya Sangsad elections ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionOutcome1991M. A. Matin24,3100.09%New25thFeb 1996Boycotted 0Jun 199623,6960.06% 0 16th200130,7610.06% 0 12th200831,7850.05% 0 20th20142,5850.02% 0 11th201860,3720.07% 0 16thTo calculate nationwide votes, sum the vote totals for the candle candidate in the 25 constituencies they contested. 202477,6310.16% 0To calculate nationwide votes, sum the vote totals for the candle candidate in the 38 constituencies they contested.2026335,0110.45% 012th
See also List of Islamic political parties
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