Bangladeshi general election, June 1996
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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 | +/– |
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Bangladesh Awami League | 15,882,792 | 37.4 | 146 | New |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 14,255,986 | 33.6 | 116 | –184 |
Jatiya Party | 6,954,981 | 16.4 | 32 | New |
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh | 3,653,013 | 8.6 | 3 | New |
Islami Oikkya Jote | 461,517 | 1.1 | 1 | New |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | 97,916 | 0.2 | 1 | New |
74 other parties | 662,451 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 449,618 | 1.1 | 1 | –9 |
Invalid/blank votes | 462,302 | – | – | – |
Total | 42,880,576 | 100 | 300 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ www.ecs.gov.bd
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