JSS Journal of Social Science O20 I 2 Journal of Social Science Vot. I No. 1, September 2Ol2 PP 123- | Faculty of Social Sciences Begum Rokeya UniversitY, RangPur trssN 2305- 10351 E-Democracy in Developing Countries: Current Trends and Future Prospects Mohammad Tarikul Islamr Siddiqur Rahman2 Md. Tanziul Islam3 Md. Sayedur Rahmana Abstract E-rlentocracy is metmt .for promotion of democracy by .taking advantage of atttomatecl tlevice' It does not mean to implement democricy - itt direct, but rather a tool to enable more participaiom cleruocracy as it exists rtow' Over the years' there is 'an in'creasing tlisparitv irt nationul e-Soventance and e- democracy. fh"tn trends seem to be a printarily westem sensation.Therearesignificantclifferencesbetweenaccessto digital teclmology in- developed- and developing worlcls' Citmtries in Siuth antl Central Asia' Africa' and other developingregionsfallbehindduetoinequalitiesinaccessto inforniatiin ai4 in government fficiency and infrastructure. The diffttsion of e_demicracy in the cleveloping countries. is_mostly iiJluenced" by internal .iactors to a country thot resulted in less ,prearl of e-dentocrnri. fhn clffrelfi trend speaks of ttoticeable i*porriiu of e-democracy in the developing co.untries by reason oi th" binefit of ICT (Infurmation and commtmication tlchnology) development to some extent' To get ntaximum benefit ott of tii rcf nriro,rrr*nnt, rudiments of e-demo-cracy i'e' e- partilipation, e-voting, e-inpfis; e--legislature and e-campaign 'are to'be propagated"ind stietched out by the govermrcnt of the developing countries. Keywords: E-Democracy, E-Voting, E-Campaigning' E-Governance' and Internet ,Mohammad Tarikul Islam, senior officer, UNDP, Llnited Nations , Dhaka & Ph D Researcher Jahanirnagar' University, Savar, Dhaka. E-mail: tarkikul islamS l @gmail com lSiOaiqr. Rahman, L-ecturer. Department of Political Science, Jagannath University, Dhaka, E-mail: sracmanja@ yahoo.com rMd. Tanziul lslam, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur' E-mail: tanzial-bru@ yahoo.com 1Md. Sayeclur Rahman, Lecturer. Department of Political Science, Begum Rokeya University' Rangpur' E-mail: sayedur34 @ gmai l.com