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| next_year = 2024

| election_date = 30 December 2018

| seats_for_election = All 120300 seats in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]]

| majority_seats = 253

| turnout = 67.4490% ({{decrease}} 4.08 [[Percentage point|pp]])

| party1 = [[Bangladesh Awami League]

| leader1 = {{nowrap|[[Sheikh Hasina]]}}

| percentage1 = 2980.465

| seats1 = 253

| last_election1 =

37<!--Awami League+Jatiya-->

| party2 = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]](Jatiya okyo Front)

| leader2 = [[Dr Kamal Hossain]]

| percentage2 = 26.596

| seats2 = 7

| last_election2 = boycott

| party3 = [[Jatiya Party Ersad]]

| leader3 = [[Hossain Mohamed Ersad]]

| percentage3 = 1220.678

| seats3 = 27

| last_election3 = Boycott

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| last_election4 = Boycott

| party5 = [[Jatiya Party]] Monju

| leader5 = [[Monju]]

| percentage5 = 1

| seats5 = 1

| last_election5 = 2

'''General elections''' were held in [[Bangladesh]] on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the [[Bangladesh Legislative Council]].<ref>[https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/11/12/ec-reschedules-election-date-to-december-30 EC reschedules election date to December 30] Dhaka Tribune, 12 November 2018</ref> The result was a landslide victory for the [[Awami League]]-led [[Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)|Grand Alliance

According to political scientist [[Ali Riaz]], the elections were not free and fair.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Riaz|first=Ali|date=2020-09-21|title=The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069|journal=Democratization|volume=28|pages=179–197|doi=10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069|s2cid=224958514|issn=1351-0347}}</ref> BBC News reported that they were marred by [[2018 Bangladesh election violence|violence]] and allegations of vote rigging.<ref name="BBC" /> Opposition leader [[Kamal Hossain]] rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The [[Bangladesh Election Commission]] said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46718393 | title=Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister | work=BBC News | date=31 December 2018 | access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/pm-hasinas-awami-league-registers-landslide-victory-in-bangladesh-polls/articleshow/67316337.cms | title=PM Hasina's Awami League registers landslide victory in Bangladesh |work=The Times of India | date=31 December 2018 | access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-a-first-electronic-voting-machines-for-bangladesh-general-elections-1970137|title=In A First, Electronic Voting Machines For Bangladesh General Elections |work=NDTV |access-date=1 January 2019}}</ref>