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Bangladesh Islami Front বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ফ্রন্ট | |
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| Chairman | M. A. Matin |
| Secretary-General | S. U. M Abdus Samad |
| Presidium | Sk Abdul Karim Siraj Pr. Ali Hossain |
| Founded | 21 December 1990; 34 years ago (1990-12-21) |
| Headquarters | 205/5 Fakirapool, Al-Bashir Plaza (5th Floor), Kalvart Road,Dhaka-1000[1] |
| Student wing | Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena |
| Youth wing | Bangladesh Islami Jubo Sena |
| Seats in the Jatiya Sangshad | 0 / 300 |
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TheBangladesh Islami Front (Bengali:বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ফ্রন্ট) is anIslamist political party inBangladesh.[2] In the2001 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 theJatiya Sangsad.[3] The party's student wing isBangladesh Islami Chattra Sena.
The party was founded on 21 December 1990.
Bangladesh Islami Front entered into theJatiya Party-led Sammilita Jatiya Jote (United National Alliance) in 2017.[4]
On 27 August 2014,Nurul Islam Farooqi, who was a presidium member of Islami Front, was murdered following an invasion of his home.[5] In August, 2014, Islami Chhatra Sena chief Muhammad Nurul Haq Chisty announced at a press meeting that a half-day strike across Bangladesh would be observed, and demanded for the arrest and trial of Farooqi's killer.[6][7]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.[8]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Outcome |
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| 1991 | S.U.M Abdus Samad | 202 | 0.00% | 0 / 300 | New |  68th | Extra-parliamentary |
| Feb 1996 | Boycotted | 0 / 300 |  0 | — | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| Jun 1996 | 38,974 | 0.09% | 0 / 300 | 0 | 16th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2001 | 30,761 | 0.06% | 0 / 300 | 0 | 12th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2008 | 31,785 | 0.05% | 0 / 300 | 0 |  20th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2014 | 2,585 | 0.02% | 0 / 300 | 0 | 11th | Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2018 | 60,372 | 0.07% | 0 / 300 | 0 | 13th | Extra-parliamentary | |
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