Bangladeshi general election, 1979

Bangladeshi general election, 1979

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]

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Elections and referendums in Bangladesh General elections 1920¹ 1923¹ 1926¹ 1930¹ 1934¹ 1945¹ 1946 1954 1962 1970² 1973 1979 1986 1988 1991 1996 (Feb) 1996 (Jun) 2001 2008 2014 Presidential elections 1978 1981 1986 Referendums 1977 1985 1991 ¹ As part of British India ² As part of Pakistan