Bangladesh Awami League

The Bangladesh Awami League or the Bangadesh People's League is the main opposition party in Bangladesh. At the 2001 genereal election it got 40% of the vote and 62 of 300 seats, making it the second largest party behind the Bangladesh National Party.

It was founded on June 23, as the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League, and fought for indepdence from Pakistan. The word Muslim was dropped in 1955. In the free elections of 1970 it won 167 of 169 East Pakistan seats in the National Assembly.

See also: Politics of Bangladesh, List of political parties in Bangladesh.