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1973 Bangladeshi general election Registered 35,205,642 Turnout 54.9%
General elections were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League , who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote.[1]
Results [ ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Awami League 13,798,717 73.20 293 +5 National Awami Party (Muzaffar) 1,569,299 8.32 0 New Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 1,229,110 6.52 1 New National Awami Party (Bhashani) 1,002,771 5.32 0 New Bangladesh Jatiya League 62,354 0.33 1 +1 0 New 0 New Bangladesh Jatiya Congress 0 New 0 New 0 New Communist Party of Bangladesh 0 New Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) 0 New 0 New Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal 0 New Independents 989,884 5.25 5 –2 Total 300 0 Valid votes 18,851,808 97.53 Invalid/blank votes 477,875 2.47 Total votes 19,329,683 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 35,205,642 54.91 Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share by district [ ]
District
BAL
NAP-M
NAP-B
JSD
Others
Rangpur
77.03
10.56
6.39
1.51
4.50
Dinajpur
78.52
8.30
4.56
0.76
7.86
Bogra
74.91
16.94
2.20
2.23
3.66
Rajshahi
74.93
8.95
4.23
8.45
3.44
Pabna
84.89
4.72
1.35
4.59
4.45
Kushtia
76.03
10.10
7.59
6.28
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Jessore
77.44
3.29
9.14
6.33
3.80
Khulna
74.03
3.19
12.71
5.91
4.16
Patuakhali
73.14
14.07
1.09
1.09
10.61
Bakerganj
71.21
7.92
8.47
10.25
2.15
Tangail
56.42
5.28
16.82
19.44
2.03
Mymensingh
71.44
15.02
1.15
8.74
3.65
Dacca
76.05
7.37
3.51
5.62
7.45
Faridpur
87.90
3.42
0.81
2.76
5.10
Sylhet
67.70
14.40
3.56
4.79
9.55
Comilla
70.09
7.44
2.89
3.70
15.88
Noakhali
64.88
2.26
2.14
20.41
10.31
Chittagong
61.73
7.57
13.78
12.01
4.92
Chittagong H.T.
28.43
5.24
2.37
2.97
60.99
Source: Moten[2]
See also [ ] References [ ]
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