Role of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Free and Fair Elections: Experience from Bangladesh

Multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) are a new paradigm in Bangladesh working for improvement to the credibility of election. An increasing number of different institutions such as civil society, media and international election observers, etc. are giving priority on the electoral process as part of their development programs in Bangladesh. In the findings, in general, the research found that international institutions, media and civil society is heavily investing to ensure free and fair election, but there is still the lack of interest and capacity in this field. These issues will be analyzed throughout this article.