Bangladesh has a long history of electoral violence and discontent, and the Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC) has repeatedly been at the centre of criticism. In ‘Electoral Governance: The Role of The Bangladesh Election Commission’, M Sakhawat Hossain examines how far the Commission is actually independent and autonomous.
The analysis goes beyond the mechanics of polling to the wider process of electoral governance: the political culture in which elections are held, the roles played by political parties, the institutional capacity of the BEC and the legal framework that defines it. Published by Prothoma Prokashon, the book gives readers a grounded understanding of why elections in Bangladesh unfold as they do.
