1978 Bangladeshi presidential election

none September 2024 Presidential Bangladesh 54.27% 1974 Bangladeshi presidential election 1974 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election 1981 3 June 1978 Nationalist Front 0087DC Ziaur Rahman Brussels 1979 (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 0 0 Ziaur Rahman 15,733,807 76.63% Democratic Unity Alliance M. A. G. Osmani General Osmani at a military parade.png 110 100 120 0 0 006a4e 4,455,200 21.70% President Ziaur Rahman Military Junta Ziaur Rahman Nationalist Front President Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 June 1978. They were the first direct elections for presidency in the country, as the president had previously been elected by the Jatiya Sangsad.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 0-19-924958-X The result was a victory for Ziaur Rahman, who received 77% of the vote. Voter turnout was 54%.Nohlen et al., p544 They were the first presidential elections since the August 1975 coup that overthrew and killed president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and led to a military regime.Baxter Craig Rashiduzzaman M. 1981 Bangladesh Votes: 1978 and 1979 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2643936 Asian Survey 21 4 485–500 10.2307/2643936 0004-4687 subscription The 1978 elections were called by the regime to lend legitimacy to its rule. The elections took place amid martial law, repression of the political opposition and curtailment of press freedoms. Other political parties were weakly organized. Campaign Prior to the elections six parties backing Ziaur Rahman – the Bangladesh Labour Party, the Bangladesh Muslim League, the Bangladesh Scheduled Caste Federation, Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal, the National Awami Party (Bhashani) and the United Peoples' Party – formed the Jatiyatabadi Front (Nationalist Front) to support his candidacy.M. A. Singammal (1979) "1978 presidential election in Bangla Desh", The Indian Journal of Political Science, volume 40, number 1, pp97–110 M. A. G. Osmani was also supported by an alliance of six parties under the name Ganatantrik Oikkya Jote (United Democratic Alliance). The alliance consisted of the Awami League, the Communist Party, the Gano Azadi League, the Jatiya Janata Party, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the People's League. A group of parties led by Ataur Rahman boycotted the elections, including the Democratic League, the Islamic Democratic League, Jatiya Dal, the Jatiya League and the Krishak Sramik Party. Conduct Retired General Khalilur Rahman stated that a "senior general" had given instructions to senior police officers that Zia should win at "any cost".Mascarenhas Anthony Bangladesh: a legacy of blood 1986 Hodder and Stoughton 978-0-340-39420-5 London Results Ziaur Rahman Jatiyatabadi Front 15733807 #0087DC M. A. G. Osmani Ganatantrik Oikkya Jote 4455200 #006a4e Khabiruddin Ahmed Independent 81425 Abul Basher Jatiya Janomukti Union 51936 Azizul Islam Independent 49064 Golam Morshed Independent 38193 Abdus Samad Islamic Democratic Group 37273 Sirajul Huda Jatiya Dal (Huda) 35618 Abu Bakar Siddique Independent 25077 Abdul Hamid Jatiya Gano Mukti 23968 354010 38486247 Nohlen et al., Asian AffairsAsian Affairs, Volume 8, p37 References President Bangladesh Category:Presidential elections in Bangladesh President