Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Shahabuddin CHUPPU
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Sheikh HASINA Wajed
• Assembly: Bangladesh has a unicameral National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) with 350 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is indirectly elected by parliament to serve up to two 5-year terms.
• The parliamentary majority leader is appointed Prime Minister by the President.

• In the National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) 300 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.  50 additional seats are reserved for women,  These female members are elected by the other 300 members on the basis of proportional representation via single transferrable vote.