Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Bangladesh

Abstract

A stable political system and the democratic government may not be possible in the
absence of political party. Political party is one of the key factors of democratization process. In
Bangladesh, parties have both positive and negative roles in democratic consolidation. In fact,
political partieshave the image of the paradoxical role in Bangladesh. The main objective of the
article is to analyze the role of political parties in democratic consolidation in Bangladesh. The
study is based on secondary data, i.e. books, journals, newspapers and magazines etc. This study
found that the major political parties of Bangladesh partly failed to reach an agreement of arranging
credible election, transferring power and institutionalizing democratic institution. Moreover, these
parties also failed to institutionalize democracy within the party.