Bangladeshi general election, June 1996

June 12, 1996 (1996-06-12)

All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad 151 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sheikh Hasina	Khaleda Zia	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Party	Awami League	BNP	Jatiya Party (E)
Leader since	1981	1984	1986
Leader's seat	Gopalganj-3	Feni-1	Rangpur
Last election	boycotted	300 seats, 100%	boycotted
Seats won	146	116	32
Seat change	58 (from 1991 elections)	184(from Feb 1996 elections)	3(from 1991 elections)
Popular vote	15,882,792	14,255,986	6,954,981
Percentage	37.4%	33.6%	16.4%
Swing	7.3%(from 1991 elections)	66.4%(from Feb 1996 elections)	4.5%(from 1991 elections)

Prime Minister before election

Khaleda Zia
BNP

Prime Minister-designate

Sheikh Hasina
Awami League

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The Seventh National Parliamentary Elections 1996 (Bengali: সপ্তম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৯৬) were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 75.6%, the highest to date.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Bangladesh Awami League	15,882,792	37.4	146	New
Bangladesh Nationalist Party	14,255,986	33.6	116	-184
Jatiya Party	6,954,981	16.4	32	New
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh	3,653,013	8.6	3	New
Islami Oikkya Jote	461,517	1.1	1	New
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab)	97,916	0.2	1	New
74 other parties	662,451	1.6	0	0
Independents	449,618	1.1	1	-9
Invalid/blank votes	462,302	-	-	-
Total	42,880,576	100	300	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

^[2]

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ www.ecs.gov.bd

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