Bangladeshi presidential election, 1981

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Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 November 1981.^[1] The result was a victory for Abdus Sattar, who won 65.5% of the vote. Turnout was 54.3%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Abdus Sattar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	14,203,958	65.5
Kamal Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League	5,636,113	26.0
Maulana Mohammudullah	Independent	388,741	1.8
M. A. G. Osmani	Independent	293,637	1.4
M. A. Jalil	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	248,769	1.1
Muzaffar Ahmed	NAP (M)-CPB	224,188	1.0
33 other candidates		682,154	3.2
Invalid/blank votes		332,524	–
Total		22,010,084	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p545

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