Bangladeshi general election, June 1996

Bangladeshi general election, June 1996
Bangladesh
June 12, 1996 (1996-06-12)

All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sheikh Hasina Khaleda Zia Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Party Awami League BNP Jatiya Party (E)
Leader since 1981 1984 1986
Leader's seat Gopalganj-3 Feni-1 Rangpur
Last election boycotted 300 seats, 100% boycotted
Seats won 146 116 32
Seat change Increase58 (from 1991 elections) Decrease184(from Feb 1996 elections) Decrease3(from 1991 elections)
Popular vote 15,882,792 14,255,986 6,954,981
Percentage 37.4% 33.6% 16.4%
Swing Increase7.3%(from 1991 elections) Decrease66.4%(from Feb 1996 elections) Increase4.5%(from 1991 elections)

Prime Minister before election

Khaleda Zia
BNP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina
Awami League

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Bangladesh

The Seventh National Parliamentary Elections 1996 (Bengali: সপ্তম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৯৬) were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 75.6%, the highest to date.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Bangladesh Awami League15,882,79237.4146New
Bangladesh Nationalist Party14,255,98633.6116–184
Jatiya Party6,954,98116.432New
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh3,653,0138.63New
Islami Oikkya Jote461,5171.11New
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab)97,9160.21New
74 other parties662,4511.600
Independents449,6181.11–9
Invalid/blank votes462,302
Total42,880,5761003000
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. www.ecs.gov.bd
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