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    532 : Polls in Bangladesh: Implications for Future Theory and Practice of Electoral Politics

    Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

    14 January 2019

    The dust from the elections in Bangladesh of 30 December 2018 is yet to be settled. This paper analyses the lead-up to and the conduct of the polls, including the results and the implications. Yet, it is already apparent that these will not only have consequences for Bangladesh’s immediate and future civic evolution, but could also provide interesting theoretical inputs into the understanding of post-colonial political debate.