1979 Bangladeshi general election
General elections 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] The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.[2]
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| Registered | 38,363,858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 51.3%  3.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With almost all parties participating, the elections were deemed credible by observers.[3]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 7,934,236 | 41.17 | 207 | New | |
| Awami League | 4,734,277 | 24.56 | 39 | –254 | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League–Islamic Democratic League | 1,941,394 | 10.07 | 20 | New | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | 931,851 | 4.83 | 8 | +7 | |
| Awami League (Mizan) | 535,426 | 2.78 | 2 | New | |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | 432,514 | 2.24 | 1 | New | |
| Bangladesh Gono Front | 115,622 | 0.60 | 2 | New | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) | 74,771 | 0.39 | 1 | New | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya League | 69,319 | 0.36 | 2 | +1 | |
| Jatiya Ekata Party | 44,459 | 0.23 | 1 | New | |
| Bangladesh Ganatantrik Andolan | 34,259 | 0.18 | 1 | New | |
| Bangladesh Democratic Party | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chashi Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Janata Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Jatiya Mukti Party | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Labour Party | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party | 0 | New | |||
| Bangladesh Tanti Samity | 0 | New | |||
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gano Azadi League | 0 | New | |||
| Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Jatiya Janata Party | 0 | New | |||
| National Awami Party (Naser) | 0 | New | |||
| National Awami Party (Nurur-Zahid) | 0 | New | |||
| National Republican Party for Parity | 0 | New | |||
| People's Democratic Party | 0 | New | |||
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | 0 | New | |||
| United People's Party | 0 | New | |||
| United Republican Party | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 1,963,345 | 10.19 | 16 | +15 | |
| Total | 300 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 19,273,600 | 97.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 402,524 | 2.05 | |||
| Total votes | 19,676,124 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 38,363,858 | 51.29 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Vol. I. p. 535. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
- Bangladesh 1979 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Khan, Mohammad Mohabbat; Zafarullah, Habib Mohammad (October 1979). "The 1979 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 19 (10): 1023–1036. doi:10.2307/2643851. JSTOR 2643851.
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