Leftist Parties of Bangladesh

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '01	OTHER
5-Party-Alliance / Alliance of Leftist Parties	Panch Bam Dal				radical left.		not existing	f. 2003 by JGF, BOF, GSA and GMP. joined by BSD [Mahbub] in 2004
11-Party-Alliance					broad left		no part.	f. 1999
Bangladesh Green Party				e-mail	green		no part.
Bangladesh National Awami Party		NAP					0.0068% (3 cand.)
Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bashani)		NAP(B)					no part.
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP-Bashani)							0.00079 (2 cand.)	led by A. K. M. Golam Kabir
Bangladesh People's League					mao.		no part.	f. 1976; led by Garib Newaz
Communist Center	Communist Kendra				com.		0.0018% (1 cand.)	led by Ajoy Roy, member of 11-Party-Alliance
Communist Party of Bangladesh	Bangladesher Communist Party	BCP	Ekota	e-mail	com.	ex-WMR	0.10% (64 cand.)	f. 1968 as split from Communist Party of Pakistan, led by Mujahidul Islam Selim, member of LDF and 11-Party-Alliance
Communist Party of Bangladesh	Bangladesher Communist Party	BCP			stal.	ex-Alb.	no part.	formerly the Bangladesher Sarbahara Party
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) [Barua]	Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marxbadi-Leninbadi) [Barua]	BSD-ML	Gano Shakti		mao.	ICS, ex-Chin.	0.0023% (4 cand.)	f. 1971, led by Abdur Rouf, member of LDF and 11-Party-Alliance
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) [Dutta]	Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marxbadi-Leninbadi) [Dutta]	BSD-ML	Porjash		mao.	RIM, CCOMPOSA	no part.	led by Ajoy Dutta
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist) [Umar]	Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marxbadi-Leninbadi) [Umar]	BSD-ML			stal.		no part.
Democratic Revolutionary Alliance	Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote		Sanskriti, Janojug, Trinamul	Tel. #11-880-2-9561337			no part.	f. 1987; legal front of BSD-ML, led by Badruddin Umar
Communist Party of Bengal	Banglar Communist Party	BCP	Mukti Sapath		stal.	ex-Alb.	no part.	f. 1972, led by Mannan Sikdar, pol.-mil.
Communist Union				e-mail			no part.	pol.-mil., led by Zoha
Democratic Party [Islam]	Ganotantrik Dal [Islam]					ex-Chin.	0.0057 (11 cand.)	f. 1980, led by Azizul Islam Khan, member of 11-Party-Alliance
Democratic Proletarian Party	Ganotantrik Sarbahara Party						no part.	led by Ahsanul Hoque Bachchu
Democratic Workers Camp	Ganotantrik Karmi Shibir					ex-Chin.	no part.	f. 1978, led by Nurul Haque Mehedi
Democratic Workers Party	Ganotantrik Majdoor Party	GMP		e-mail	rad. left., ex-mao.	ILCWI	no part.	led by Abdus Salam, f. 1978 by Unifying Process (Oikya Prokria), member of 5-Party-Alliance
East Bengal Communist Party - Marxist-Leninist	Purba Banglar Communist Party - Marxbadi-Leninbadi	PBCP-ML	Purba Bangla		mao.		no part.	f. 1968, pol.-mil.
East Bengal Communist Party - Marxist-Leninist (Red Flag)	Purba Banglar Communist Party - Marxbadi-Leninbadi (Lal Patakar)	PBCP-ML(Lal Patakar)			mao.	CCOMPOSA	not existing	f. 2002 as split from PBCP-ML, led by Rakesh Kamal, pol.-mil.
East Bengal Communist Party - Marxist-Leninist (People's War)	Purba Banglar Communist Party - Marxbadi-Leninbadi (Janajuddha)	PBCP-ML(Janajuddha)			mao.		not existing	f. 2003 as split from PBCP-ML, led by Abdur Rashid Malitha ("Tapan"), pol.-mil.
Golden Bengal Communist Party	Sonar Bangla Communist Party						no part.	pol.-mil.
Left Democratic Front	Bam Ganotantrik Front	LDF					member parties part.	f. 1994, alliance, member of 11-Party-Alliance
National Awami Party [Bhashani - Mustaq]						ex-Chin.	0.00014 (1 cand.)	led by Mustaq Ahmed
National Awami Party [Muzaffar]		NAP[M]	Natun Bangla		left. soc.	ex-SU	no part.	led by Muzaffar Ahmed, split from original NAP in 1967
National Employees' Federation				fax: +880-2-9668506	anar. syn.	close to AIT	no part.	trade union
National Garments Workers Federation				e-mail	anar. syn.	close to AIT	no part.	trade union
National Socialist Party - People's Army	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal - Gano Bahini				rad. left.		no part.	pol.-mil.
National Socialist Party [Inu]	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal [Inu]	JSD[Inu]			left. soc.		0.21% (76 cand.)	led by Hasanul Haque Inu, original JSD was founded in 1972
National Socialist Party [Rab]	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal [Rab]	JSD[Rab]					not existing	f. 2002 as split from JSD[Inu], led by Noor-e Alam Ziku
National Unity Front	Jatiya Oikya Mancha						not existing	alliance f. 2004, led by Kamal Hossain
New Revolutionary Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	Naya Biplobi Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	NBCB-ML			mao.		no part.	f. 2002, pol.-mil.
Peasants' and Workers' Awami League	Bangladesh Krishak-Sramik Awami League	BKSAL			left. soc.		0.00011% (1 Cand.)	refounded in 1997, led by Mahbub Alam
Peasants' and Workers' Emancipation Movement	Krishak Sramik Mukti Andolan						0.0022% (8 cand.)	led by Krishak Mohammed Sadek
People's Forum	Gano Forum				left. soc.		0.015% (17 cand.)	f. 1993 by splits from CPB, Awami League, JSD [Siraj], led by Kamal Hossain, member of 11-Party-Alliance
People's Freedom Force	Gano Mukti Fauj				mao.		no part.	pol.-mil., split from RCPB(ML) in 1997
Workers Emancipation Movement	Sramajibi Mukti Andolon	SMA	Dhubrotara				no part.	f. 1997, legal front of Gano Mukti Fauj, led by Mir Ilyas Hossain
People's Freedom League	Gano Azadi League				left. soc.		0.0014% (3 cand.)	led by Abdus Samad, member of 11-Party-Alliance
People's Solidarity Movement	Gano Sanghati Andolon	GSA					no part.	f. 2000 as split from GBJ, led by Jonaid Saki, member of 5-Party-Alliance
Proletarian Party of Bangladesh	Bangladesher Sarbahara Party						0.000079% (1 cand.)	led by Mohamed Mosarraf Hossain
Proletarian Party of Bangladesh [Kamrul]	Bangladesher Sarbahara Party [Kamrul]				mao.		no part.	pol.-mil., led by Sirajul Haque Bhuiyan ("Mamun")
Proletarian Party of Bangladesh [Zia]	Bangladesher Sarbahara Party [Zia]				mao.		no part.	led by Khaled Reza, pol.-mil.
Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Central Committee)	Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party (Central Committee)	PBSP(CC)			mao.	RIM, CCOMPOSA	no part.	f. 1971, led by Anwarul Kabir ("Abdur Rouf"), pol.-mil.
Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Bolshevik Reorganization Movement)	Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party (Maoist Bolshevik Reorganization Movement)	PBSP(MBRM)			mao.	close to RIM, CCOMPOSA obs.	no part.	f. 2001 as split from PBSP(CC)
Proletarian Party of East Bengal (Maoist Construction Center)	Purba Bangla Sarbahara Party (Maobadi Punargathan Kendra)	PBSP(MPK)			mao.	CCOMPOSA	no part.	pol.-mil.
Revolutionary Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist)	Bangladesher Biplobi Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	RCPB-ML	Jana Juddho		mao.		no part.	f. 1966, led by Arif Hossain, pol.-mil.
National People's Front	Jatiya Gano Front	JGF	SEBA		mao.		no part.	split from Workers Party in 1995, led by Tipu Biswas, member of 5-Party-Alliance
Revolutionary Unity Front	Biplobi Oikya Front	BOF		tel.: +880-2-863057	mao.	Cu.	no part.	f. 1997, led by Moshrefa Mishu, member of 5-Party-Alliance
Revolutionary Workers Movement	Biplobi Sramik Andolon						no part.	led by Jafor Hossain
Socialist Party of Bangladesh [Khaleq]	Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal [Khaleq]	BSD [Khaleq]	Vanguard	e-mail	stal.	ICS, close to Indian SUCI	0.038% (37 cand.)	f. 1980, led by Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan
Socialist Party of Bangladesh [Mahbub]	Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal [Mahbub]	BSD [Mahbub]	Gano Isterhar		com.		0.0041% (6 cand.)	f. 1984 as split from other BSD, led by A.F.M. Mahbubul Huq, member of 5-Party-Alliance
United Peoples' Democratic Front		UPDF			left. nat.		no part.	f. 1998; led by Prashit Khisa
Workers Party of Bangladesh [Ali]	Bangladesher Workers Party [Ali]						not existing	split from other Workers Party in 2004, led by Khandaker Ali Abbas
Workers Party of Bangladesh [Menon]	Bangladesher Workers Party [Menon]		Natun Khotha	tel.: +880-2-245862	mao.	ex-Chin., ICS	0.073% (32 cand.)	f. 1979, led by Rashid Khan Menon, member of LDF and 11-Party-Alliance
Workers' and Peasants' Socialist Party	Sramik-Krishak Samajbadi Dal	SKSD	Samajbadi		com.	close to Indian RSP	0.00070% (1 cand.)	f. 1969, led by Nirmal Sen, member of LDF and 11-Party-Alliance