20 Party Alliance

The 20 Party Alliance was a Bangladeshi big tent political coalition led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).^[1] It was originally formed as the 18 Party Alliance on 18 April 2012 in Dhaka, extending its predecessor the Four Party Alliance.^[2] The 18 Party Alliance was formed in an effort to strengthen the opposition's demands for restoring the caretaker government system used between 1996 and 2008.^[3] The main rival of this alliance is the Grand Alliance, led by Awami League, which came into power after the election in 2008.

20 Party Alliance ২০ দলীয় ঐক্যজোট
Leader	Khaleda Zia
Founded	1999 (as Four Party Alliance)
Dissolved	12 December 2022
Preceded by	7 Party Alliance
Succeeded by	12 Party Alliance Nationalist Likely Minded Alliance
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ideology	Majority: Conservatism (Bangladeshi) Factions: Bangladeshi nationalism Economic liberalism Islamism Islamic democracy Socialism (Bangladeshi)
Political position	Before 2012: Right-wing After 2012: Big tent[citation needed] (Far-left to far-right)
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History

The Four Party Alliance was formed in 1999^[3] for the 2001 election, and consisted of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, Jatiya Party (Naziur) and Islami Oikya Jote. The alliance won a substantial majority in 2001, but was heavily defeated by the Awami League-led Grand Alliance in 2008. On 18 April 2012, the Four Party Alliance was extended and took the new name "18 Party Alliance".^[2]

Members

1. Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami^[a]
3. Bangladesh Jatiya Party (quit alliance in 2019)
4. Islami Oikya Jote (quit alliance in 2017)
5. Liberal Democratic Party (quit alliance in 2020)
6. Khelafat Majlish (quit alliance in 2021)
7. Jatiya Ganatantrik Party^[b]
8. Bangladesh Kalyan Party
9. National People's Party
10. National Awami Party (Muzaffar) (quit alliance in 2018)
11. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (quit alliance in 2021)
12. National Democratic Party (quit alliance in 2018)
13. Bangladesh Labour Party
14. Bangladesh Muslim League
15. Bangladesh Islamic Party
16. National Awami Party (Bhashani)
17. Democratic League
18. Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist)
19. Bangladesh People's League
20. Jatiya Oikya Front

Electoral results

Jatiya Sangsad

Election	Seats won	Change	Share of votes	Swing	Status
2001	214 / 300	New	xxx.xxx%	New	Government
2008	33 / 300	181	xxx.xxx%	xx.xx%	Opposition
2014	0 / 300	33	Boycott		Extra-parliamentary
2018	8 / 300	8	xxx.xxx%	xx.xx%	Opposition

See also

• Politics of Bangladesh
• List of political parties in Bangladesh
• Grand Alliance
• Jatiya Oikya Front
• Hartal in Bangladesh