Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

The Liberal Democratic Party (Bengali: লিবারেল ডেমোক্রেটিক পার্টি) is a political party in Bangladesh.^[5] The party was formed after abolishing Bikolpo Dhara on 26 October 2006 by former President of Bangladesh A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Oli Ahmed, and 24 other former members of parliament and ministers from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).^[6]

AbbreviationLDP

PresidentOli Ahmad^[1]

Secretary-GeneralVacant^[2][3]

Executive PresidentJahanara Begum

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Liberal Democratic Party লিবারেল ডেমোক্রেটিক পার্টি
Abbreviation	LDP
President	Oli Ahmad[1]
Secretary-General	Vacant[2][3]
Executive President	Jahanara Begum
Founded	26 October 2006 (19 years ago) (2006-10-26)
Headquarters	29/B, East Panthapath, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1208
Ideology	Economic liberalism[4] (Bangladeshi)
Political position	Centre[4]
National affiliation	11 Party Alliance Former: Grand Alliance (2008–2012) 20 Party Alliance (2012–2022)
International affiliation	None
Colours	Blue
Jatiya Sangsad	0 / 350
Mayors	0 / 13 [a]
Councillors	Post dissolved
District councils	Post dissolved
Subdistrict councils	Post dissolved
Union councils	Post dissolved
Municipalities	Post dissolved
Election symbol
Umbrella
Party flag
Website
ldp-bangladesh.com
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Soon after its formation B. Chowdhury left LDP with his followers back to Bikalpa Dhara again. Thereafter, Oli Ahmad was elected as president and former speaker Sheikh Razzak Ali as executive president of the party. From its inception LDP was an ally of the Grand Alliance.^{[citation needed]}

However, before the 2008 election, LDP came out of the grand alliance and contested the elections on their own. President of LDP Oli Ahmed won for the sixth time from Chittagong-13. In 2012, LDP joined the 18 Party Alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^{[citation needed]}

For the 2018 election, the LDP was then part of the Jukto Front Alliance, along with the Krishak Sramik Janata League and the Islamic Party of Bangladesh.^[7] The party joined like-minded 11 parties alliance for the 2026 Bangladeshi general election.^[8] LDP received 2,59,469 votes securing 0.35% vote share.^[9][10]