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1979 Bangladeshi general election

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1979 Bangladeshi general election

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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered38,363,858
Turnout51.29% (Decrease 3.62pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ziaur Rahman Asaduzzaman Khan
Party BNP AL
Last election 293 seats
Seats won 207 39
Seat change New Decrease 256
Popular vote 7,934,236 4,734,277
Percentage 41.17% 24.56%

Senior Minister (acting Prime Minister) before election

Mashiur Rahman
BNP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Shah Azizur Rahman
BNP

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 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 51%.[1][2] The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.[3]

With almost all parties participating, the elections were deemed credible by observers.[4]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralReservedTotal+/–
Bangladesh Nationalist Party7,934,23641.1720730237New
Awami League4,734,27724.5639039–269
Bangladesh Muslim LeagueIslamic Democratic League1,941,39410.0720020New
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal931,8514.83808+7
Awami League (Mizan)535,4262.78202New
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)432,5142.24101New
United Peoples' Party170,9550.89000New
Bangladesh Gono Front115,6220.60202New
National Awami Party (Nurur-Zahid)88,3850.46000New
Communist Party of Bangladesh75,4550.390000
Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)74,7710.39101New
Bangladesh Jatiya League69,3190.36202+1
Jatiya Ekata Party44,4590.23101New
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Andolan34,2590.18101New
Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal27,2590.14000New
National Awami Party (Naser)25,3360.13000New
Bangladesh Janata Dal18,7480.10000New
National Republican Party for Parity14,4290.07000New
Jatiya Janata Party10,9320.06000New
Bangladesh Labour Party7,7380.04000New
People's Democratic Party5,7030.03000New
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal4,9540.03000New
Bangladesh Democratic Party3,5640.02000New
Bangladesh Jatiya Mukti Party3,3630.02000New
Bangladesh Tanti Samity1,8340.01000New
Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party1,5750.01000New
Gano Azadi League1,3780.01000New
United Republican Party3890.00000New
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chashi Dal1300.00000New
Independents1,963,34510.1916016+15
Total19,273,600100.0030030330+15
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., IPU, Government of Bangladesh

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Vol. I. p. 535. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  2. ^ Government of Bangladesh (1991). A Background Paper on Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections. Dhaka: Press Information Department (Handout No. 429).
  3. ^ Bangladesh 1979 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. ^ 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.