1979 Bangladeshi general election

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1979 Bangladeshi general election
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All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered38,363,858
Turnout51.3% Decrease 3.6 pp
  First party Second party
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Leader Ziaur Rahman Asaduzzaman Khan
Party BNP Awami League
Leader since 1978 1979
Leader's seat Did not run Mymensingh-18
Last election New 293 seats
Seats won 207 39
Seat change Increase 207 Decrease 256
Popular vote 7,934,236 4,734,277
Percentage 41.2% 24.5%
President of Bangladesh before election

Ziaur Rahman
BNP

Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Shah Azizur Rahman
BNP

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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%.[1] The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.[2]

With almost all parties participating, the elections were deemed credible by observers.[3]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bangladesh Nationalist Party7,934,23641.17207New
Awami League4,734,27724.5639–254
Bangladesh Muslim League–Islamic Democratic League1,941,39410.0720New
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal931,8514.838+7
Awami League (Mizan)535,4262.782New
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)432,5142.241New
115,6220.602New
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)74,7710.391New
Bangladesh Jatiya League69,3190.362+1
Jatiya Ekata Party44,4590.231New
34,2590.181New
Bangladesh Democratic Party0New
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chashi Dal0New
Bangladesh Janata Dal0New
Bangladesh Jatiya Mukti Party0New
Bangladesh Labour Party0New
Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party0New
Bangladesh Tanti Samity0New
Communist Party of Bangladesh00
Gano Azadi League0New
Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal0New
Jatiya Janata Party0New
National Awami Party (Naser)0New
National Awami Party (Nurur-Zahid)0New
National Republican Party for Parity0New
People's Democratic Party0New
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal0New
United People's Party0New
United Republican Party0New
Independents1,963,34510.1916+15
Total3000
Valid votes19,273,60097.95
Invalid/blank votes402,5242.05
Total votes19,676,124100.00
Registered voters/turnout38,363,85851.29
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Vol. I. p. 535. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  2. ^ Bangladesh 1979 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. ^ Khan, Mohammad Mohabbat; Zafarullah, Habib Mohammad (October 1979). "The 1979 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 19 (10): 1023–1036. doi:10.2307/2643851. JSTOR 2643851.
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