The National Awami Party (Muzaffar), is a left-wing political party in Bangladesh.
History National Awami Party (Muzaffar) traces its origin to a split of the National Awami Party into two factions, one pro-China and one pro-Moscow. The pro-Moscow fraction was National Awami Party (Wali), led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, and the pro-China was called National Awami Party (Bhashani), led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. Muzaffar Ahmed was a leader of the National Awami Party (Wali) in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the East Pakistan branch of National Awami Party (Wali) became an independent party; the National Awami Party (Muzaffar).
The party participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War, through the NAP-CPB-Chhatra Union Guerrilla Bahini, for which Muzaffar served as an organizer.New Age. CPB recalls Muzaffar
The NAP (Muzaffar) won a single seat in the 1991 Bangladeshi general election when Md. Abdul Hafiz beat Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Kazi Faruque Kader by 103 votes in the Nilphamari-4 constituency. The party has not won a seat in any general election since.
Electoral registry
The party is registered with the Bangladesh Election Commission as "Bangladesh National Awami Party", and its election symbol is a house.Bangladesh Election Commission. নিবন্ধিত রাজনৈতিক দল The central party office is located in Dhanmondi Hawkers Market, Dhaka.
Electoral performance ElectionParty leaderVotesSeatsPositionGovernmentIn number%ContestedWon+/–1973Muzaffar Ahmed1,569,2998.32%N/AN/A2nd1979432,5142.24% 1 8th 6th1986202,5200.71% 1 11th 9th1988Boycotted 2N/AN/A1991259,9780.76% 1 9th 10th1996 (Feb)Boycotted 1N/AN/A19963,6200.01% 0N/A 25th20013,8010.01% 0N/A 19th200824,1410.03% 0N/A 22nd20147,1200.04% 0N/A 8th20188,3670.01% 0N/A 30th2024Ivy Ahmed2,4800.01%N/A 25th2026Boycotted 0N/AN/A
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