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{{Infobox political party
| name = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami<br> Bangladesh Islamic Party
| banned = {{End date and age|2013|8|1|df=yes}}
| logo = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Emblem.svg
| colorcode = {{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}
| leader = 
| president = [[Shafiqur Rahman]]
| chairman = 
| general_secretary = 
| first_secretary = 
| secretary_general = 
| presidium = 
| secretary = 
| spokesperson = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|1941}}<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://typo.mondediplo.net/messages/166 Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh ; Parti islamiste du Bangladesh (fondé en 1941) (interdit entre 1971 et 1978, puis en 2013 par la Cour suprême)]</ref>
| ideology = [[Islamism]]<br/>[[Social conservatism]]<br/>[[Islamic democracy]]
| position = [[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]] to [[Far-right politics|far-right]]<ref>{{cite book| last = Riaz| first = Ali| title = Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9DaC5wJoKbEC&pg=PA19| date = 21 August 2012| publisher = Routledge| isbn = 978-1-134-05715-3| via = Google Books }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Dowlah| first = Caf| title = The Bangladesh Liberation War, the fahim Faisal Salahuddin Regime, and Contemporary Controversies| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MIhwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA162| date = 19 October 2016| publisher = Lexington Books| isbn = 978-1-4985-3419-2| via = Google Books }}</ref>
| flag = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Flag Emblem.svg
| headquarters = Mogbazar, [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| international = 
| website = {{URL|jamaat-e-islami.org}}
| country = Bangladesh
| student_wing = [[Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir]]
| native_name = বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী
| native_name_lang = bn
| founder = Abbas Ali Khan ([[Joypurhat]])
}}
'''Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami''' (or 'Jamaat' for short) is the largest Islamic [[political party]] in [[Bangladesh]]. It is also one of the largest Islamic parties in South Asia, the party was formed when [[Bengal]] was part of [[British India]].

==History==
=== Hindustan Period (1941 - 1947) ===
'':See [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]''

=== Pakistan Period (1948 - 1971) ===
'':See: [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]]''

In 1947 [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] became part of Pakistan ([[Bangladesh#History|East Pakistan]]) - and the Jamaat-e-Islami was divided into separate Indian and Pakistani parties. The Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh originates from the East Pakistani party.  The Jamaat were against [[Bangladesh]] becoming independent from Pakistan as they thought it was against Islam. However the Jamaat were unable to stop Bangladesh becoming independent of Pakistan.

=== Bangladesh Period (1978 - present) ===
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was banned after independence of Bangladesh. Jamaat was banned in Bangladesh due to its opposite stand against independent Bangladesh during independence war. Jamaat wished to see united Pakistan.  After independence of Bangladesh,  the top leaders of Jamaat moved to [[West Pakistan]] where Jamaat-e-Islami was born. [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the first president of Bangladesh, also cancelled the citizenship of [[Golam Azam]], the leader of Jamaat. Azam then moved to London, and some other leaders moved to the [[Middle East]]. However [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] was assassinated in 1975 and army chief [[Ziaur Rahman]] seized power. Rahman allowed the Jamaat to be a political party again. Rahman also allowed Azam to return to Bangladesh as the leader of Jamaat.
==Election results==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election year !! Votes !! % of Percentage !! Seats !! +/–
|-
| [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] || 13,14,057 || 4.60% || {{Composition bar|10|300|hex=#77EE77}} || {{increase}}
|-
| [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] || colspan="4" |Boycotted
|-
| [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] || 4,117,737 || 12.2% || {{Composition bar|18|300|hex=#77EE77}} || {{increase}} 8
|-
| [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] || 3,653,013 || 8.6 || {{Composition bar|3|300|hex=#77EE77}} || {{decrease}} 15
|-
| [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] || 2,385,361 || 4.28 || {{Composition bar|17|300|hex=#77EE77}} || {{increase}} 14
|-
| [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] || 3,186,384 || 4.6% || {{Composition bar|2|300|hex=#77EE77}} || {{decrease}} 15
|-
| [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] || colspan="4" |Party banned in 2013
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="float: right"
|+ The Jamaat in parliamentary elections
|-
!Year!! Results
|-
| 1973 ||Party banned because of opposition to Bangladeshi independence, as it was a Islamist party and so was a threat to [[Secularism]], and also collaboration of some of its members with the Pakistani army.
|-
| 1979 || Party legalized under the name "Islamic Democratic League"<br /> Together with larger Muslim League won 20 seats.
|-
| 1986  || 10 seats.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=FM Mostafizur |year=2012 |chapter=Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Jamaat-e-Islami_Bangladesh |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1991  || 18 seats.<ref name="Banglapedia"/>
|-
| 1996 ||3 seats.<ref name="Banglapedia"/>
|-
| 2001  || 17 seats. (took part by forming alliance with 3 other parties.)<ref name="Banglapedia"/>
|-
| 2008  ||2 seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://123.49.39.5/result/report4.php?lang=bn|title=National Election Result 2008: Seat Wise Total Status|access-date=26 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231011009/http://123.49.39.5/result/report4.php?lang=bn|archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> (took part by forming alliance with 3 other parties.)
|-
| 2013  ||The Bangladesh Supreme Court declared the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami illegal,<br /> ruling that the party is unfit to contest national polls.
|}
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==References==
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