1979 Bangladeshi general election

none February 2026 Bangladesh parliamentary 1973 Bangladeshi general election 1973 1986 Bangladeshi general election 1986 18 February 1979 300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 38,363,858 51.29% ( 3.62pp) Ziaur Rahman Brussels 1979 (cropped).jpg Ziaur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party – 207 New 7,934,236 41.17% 3x4.svg Asaduzzaman Khan Awami League 293 seats 39 256 4,734,277 24.56% Senior Minister (acting Prime Minister) Subsequent Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party Shah Azizur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won 41% of the vote.Islam Syed Serajul 1984 The State in Bangladesh under Zia (1975-81) https://www.jstor.org/stable/2644413 Asian Survey 24 5 556–573 10.2307/2644413 0004-4687 subscriptionhttps://election.dhakatribune.com/history Election History en 28 December 2024 Dhaka Tribune Voter turnout was 51%.Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia: A data handbook I 535 0-19-924958-XGovernment of Bangladesh 1991 A Background Paper on Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections. Dhaka: Press Information Department (Handout No. 429) The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.Bangladesh 1979. Inter-Parliamentary Union The elections were organized by the military regime in Bangladesh.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 elections were postponed twice, as they were initially supposed to be held in December 1978. The political opposition in Bangladesh intended to boycott the elections unless the military regime withdrew martial law, assured that there would be a parliamentary system, released political prisoners, and restored full press freedom. Ziaur Rahman made some concessions to the opposition, but they fell short of their full demands. Subsequently, some opposition parties decided to take part in the elections.Khan Mohammad Mohabbat Zafarullah Habib Mohammad October 1979 The 1979 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh Asian Survey 19 10 1023–1036 10.2307/2643851 2643851 Results File:Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad 1979.svg General Women Total +/– Bangladesh Nationalist Party 7934236 207 30 237 New Awami League 4734277 39 0 39 –269 Bangladesh Muslim League–Islamic Democratic League 1941394 20 0 20 New Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 931851 8 0 8 +7 Awami League (Mizan) 535426 2 0 2 New National Awami Party (Muzaffar) 432514 1 0 1 New United Peoples' Party 170955 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Gono Front 115622 2 0 2 New #D2D200 National Awami Party (Nurur-Zahid) 88385 0 0 0 New Communist Party of Bangladesh 75455 0 0 0 0 Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) 74771 1 0 1 New Bangladesh Jatiya League 69319 2 0 2 +1 Jatiya Ekata Party 44459 1 0 1 New #7BC873 Bangladesh Ganatantrik Andolan 34259 1 0 1 New #D7FB23 Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal 27259 0 0 0 New National Awami Party (Naser) 25336 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Janata Dal 18748 0 0 0 New National Republican Party for Parity 14429 0 0 0 New Jatiya Janata Party 10932 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Labour Party 7738 0 0 0 New People's Democratic Party 5703 0 0 0 New Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal 4954 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Democratic Party 3564 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Jatiya Mukti Party 3363 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Tanti Samity 1834 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Nizam-e-Islam Party 1575 0 0 0 New Gano Azadi League 1378 0 0 0 New United Republican Party 389 0 0 0 New Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chashi Dal 130 0 0 0 New Independents 1963345 16 0 16 +15 +15 402524 38363858 Nohlen et al., IPU, Government of Bangladesh References General Category:General elections in Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh