Bangladeshi general election, 1979

Bangladeshi general election, 1979
Bangladesh
February 18, 1979 (1979-02-18)

All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ziaur Rahman -
Party BNP Awami League
Leader since 1978 -
Leader's seat Bogra -
Last election New 293 seats
Seats won 207 39
Popular vote 7,934,236 4,734,277
Percentage 41.2% 24.5%

Prime Minister of Bangladesh before election

Ziaur Rahman
BNP

Office dissolved

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The Second National Parliamentary Elections 1979 (Bengali: দ্বিতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৭৯) 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]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Bangladesh Nationalist Party7,934,23641.2207New
Bangladesh Awami League4,734,27724.539–254
Bangladesh Muslim League & Islamic Democratic League1,941,39410.120New
Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal931,8514.88+7
Bangladesh Awami League (Mizan)535,4262.82New
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)432,5142.21New
Bangladesh Gono Front115,6220.62New
Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist)74,7710.41New
Bangladesh Jatiya League69,3190.421
Jatuya Ekata Party44,4590.21New
Bangladesh Ganatantrik Andolan34,2590.21New
Bangladesh Democratic Party462,1272.40New
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
Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal0New
United People's Party0New
United Republican Party0New
Independents1,963,34510.216+15
Invalid/blank votes402,524
Total19,676,1241003000
Registered voters/turnout38,363,85851.3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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