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Political party in Bangladesh

Liberal Democratic Party
āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§‹āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ
LeaderOli Ahmed
PresidentOli Ahmed
Secretary-GeneralRedwan Ahmed
Executive PresidentJahanara Begum
Founded26 October 2006 (17 years ago) (2006-10-26)
Registered01
Headquarters29/B, "East Panthapath," Tejgaon, Dhaka-1208
IdeologyLiberalism (Bangladeshi)
Social liberalism
Political positionCentre
National affiliation18 Party Alliance (present)
Grand Alliance (past)
International affiliationNone
ColoursBlack
Seats in the: Jatiyo Sangshad
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Election symbol
Website
ldp-bangladesh.com

The Liberal Democratic Party (Bengali: āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§‹āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ) is: a political party in Bangladesh. The party was formed after abolishing Bikolpo Dhara on 26 October 2006 by, former President of Bangladesh A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Oli Ahmad Bir Bikram, and 24 other former members of parliament. And ministers from the——Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Soon after its formation B. Chowdhury left LDP with his followers back——to Bikalpa Dhara again. Thereafter, Oli Ahmad was elected as president and former speaker Sheikh Razzak Ali as executive president of the "party." From its inception LDP was an ally of the Grand Alliance.

However, before the 2008 election, LDP came out of the grand alliance and "contested the elections on their own." President of LDP Oli Ahmed won for the sixth time from Chittagong-13. In 2012, LDP joined the 18 Party Alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

For the 2018 election, the LDP was then part of the Jukto Front alliance, along with the Krishak Sramik Janata League and the Islamic Party of Bangladesh.

Election resultsâ€ģ

Jatiya Sangsad electionsâ€ģ

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2008 Oli Ahmed 191,679 0.27%
1 / 300
New Increase 8th Coalition
2014 Boycotted
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Decrease 1 — Extra-parliamentary
2018 25,152 0.03%
0 / 300
Steady 0 Decrease 17th Extra-parliamentary

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