Bangladeshi general election, 2001

October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Khaleda Zia	Sheikh Hasina	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Party	BNP	Awami League	Jatiya Party (E)
Leader since	1984	1981	1986
Leader's seat	Feni-1	Gopalganj-3	Rangpur
Last election	116 seats, 33.60%	151 seats, 37.40%	32 seats, 16.40%
Seats won	193	62	14
Seat change	77	84	18
Popular vote	23,074,714	22,310,276	4,023,962
Percentage	41.40%	40.02%	7.22%
Swing	6.80%	2.62%	7.18%

Prime Minister before election

Sheikh Hasina
Awami League

Prime Minister-designate

Khaleda Zia
BNP

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The Eighth National Parliamentary Elections 2001 (Bengali: অষ্টম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০০১) were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. 300 single-seat constituencies for the Jatiyo Sangshad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The election was the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The chief adviser of the caretaker government was Justice Latifur Rahman.

Results

**Summary of the 1 October 2001 Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangshad election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal)	23,074,714	41.40	193
Bangladesh Awami League	22,310,276	40.02	62
Jatiya Party (Ershad) Includes candidates of the Islamic National Unity Front (Islami Jatiya Oikya Front)	4,023,962	7.22	14
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh	2,385,361	4.28	17
Jatiya Party (Naziur)	521,472	0.94	4
Islami Oikya Jote	312,868	0.56	2
Krishak Shramik Janata League	261,344	0.47	2
Jatiya Party (Manju)	243,617	0.44	1
Non-partisan and others	2,262,045	4.06	6
vacant		-	2
Total (turnout 74.9 %)	55,728,162	100.0	300
Rejected votes	441,871
Total votes	56,169,233
Registered voters	74,951,319
Source: Bangladesh Election Commission through Adam Carr and Daily Star

Turnout was 74.96% (56,169,233)
Number of polling stations: 29,978
Number of polling booths: 149,288
Number of polling officers: 477,842
Total Registered Voters:7,50,00,656
Male Voter: 3,86,84,972
Female Voters:3,63,15,684
Cast Votes: 75.59%

(Source Bangladesh Election Commission)

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