1973 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote.[1] Voter turnout was 54.9%.
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| Registered | 35,205,642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 54.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Awami League | 13,798,717 | 73.20 | 293 | +5 | |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | 1,569,299 | 8.32 | 0 | New | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | 1,229,110 | 6.52 | 1 | New | |
| National Awami Party (Bhashani) | 1,002,771 | 5.32 | 0 | New | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya League | 62,354 | 0.33 | 1 | +1 | |
| Banglar Communist Party | 0 | New | |||
| Bangla Chattra Union | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Jatiya Congress | 0 | New | |||
| Bangla Jatiya League | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Shramik Federation | 0 | New | |||
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) | 0 | New | |||
| Jatiya Ganatantrik Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 989,884 | 5.25 | 5 | –2 | |
| Total | 300 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 18,851,808 | 97.53 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 477,875 | 2.47 | |||
| Total votes | 19,329,683 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 35,205,642 | 54.91 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Vote share by district
| District | BAL | NAP-M | NAP-B | JSD | Others |
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| Rangpur | 77.03 | 10.56 | 6.39 | 1.51 | 4.50 |
| Dinajpur | 78.52 | 8.30 | 4.56 | 0.76 | 7.86 |
| Bogra | 74.91 | 16.94 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 3.66 |
| Rajshahi | 74.93 | 8.95 | 4.23 | 8.45 | 3.44 |
| Pabna | 84.89 | 4.72 | 1.35 | 4.59 | 4.45 |
| Kushtia | 76.03 | 10.10 | 7.59 | 6.28 | – |
| Jessore | 77.44 | 3.29 | 9.14 | 6.33 | 3.80 |
| Khulna | 74.03 | 3.19 | 12.71 | 5.91 | 4.16 |
| Patuakhali | 73.14 | 14.07 | 1.09 | 1.09 | 10.61 |
| Bakerganj | 71.21 | 7.92 | 8.47 | 10.25 | 2.15 |
| Tangail | 56.42 | 5.28 | 16.82 | 19.44 | 2.03 |
| Mymensingh | 71.44 | 15.02 | 1.15 | 8.74 | 3.65 |
| Dacca | 76.05 | 7.37 | 3.51 | 5.62 | 7.45 |
| Faridpur | 87.90 | 3.42 | 0.81 | 2.76 | 5.10 |
| Sylhet | 67.70 | 14.40 | 3.56 | 4.79 | 9.55 |
| Comilla | 70.09 | 7.44 | 2.89 | 3.70 | 15.88 |
| Noakhali | 64.88 | 2.26 | 2.14 | 20.41 | 10.31 |
| Chittagong | 61.73 | 7.57 | 13.78 | 12.01 | 4.92 |
| Chittagong H.T. | 28.43 | 5.24 | 2.37 | 2.97 | 60.99 |
| Source: Moten[2] | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- Moten, A. Rashid (1981). "Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 42: 58–73 – via JSTOR.
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