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1973 Bangladeshi general election Registered 35,205,642 Turnout 54.91%
General elections were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League , who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote.[1] [2]
Results [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Awami League 13,798,717 73.20 293 +5 National Awami Party (Muzaffar) 1,569,299 8.32 0 New Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal 1,229,110 6.52 1 New National Awami Party (Bhashani) 1,002,771 5.32 0 New Bangladesh Jatiya League 62,354 0.33 1 +1 Bangla Jatiya League 53,097 0.28 0 New Communist Party of Bangladesh 47,211 0.25 0 New Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal 38,421 0.20 0 New Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) 18,619 0.10 0 New Bangladesh Shramik Federation 17,271 0.09 0 New Banglar Communist Party 11,911 0.06 0 New Bangla Chattra Union 7,564 0.04 0 New Bangladesh Jatiya Congress 3,761 0.02 0 New Jatiya Ganatantrik Dal 1,818 0.01 0 New Independents 989,884 5.25 5 –2 Total 18,851,808 100.00 300 0 Valid votes 18,851,808 97.53 Invalid/blank votes 477,875 2.47 Total votes 19,329,683 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 35,205,642 54.91 Source: Nohlen et al. , Government of Bangladesh
Vote share by district [ edit ]
District
BAL
NAP-M
NAP-B
JSD
Others
Rangpur
77.03
10.56
6.39
1.51
4.50
Dinajpur
78.52
8.30
4.56
0.76
7.86
Bogra
74.91
16.94
2.20
2.23
3.66
Rajshahi
74.93
8.95
4.23
8.45
3.44
Pabna
84.89
4.72
1.35
4.59
4.45
Kushtia
76.03
10.10
7.59
6.28
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Jessore
77.44
3.29
9.14
6.33
3.80
Khulna
74.03
3.19
12.71
5.91
4.16
Patuakhali
73.14
14.07
1.09
1.09
10.61
Bakerganj
71.21
7.92
8.47
10.25
2.15
Tangail
56.42
5.28
16.82
19.44
2.03
Mymensingh
71.44
15.02
1.15
8.74
3.65
Dacca
76.05
7.37
3.51
5.62
7.45
Faridpur
87.90
3.42
0.81
2.76
5.10
Sylhet
67.70
14.40
3.56
4.79
9.55
Comilla
70.09
7.44
2.89
3.70
15.88
Noakhali
64.88
2.26
2.14
20.41
10.31
Chittagong
61.73
7.57
13.78
12.01
4.92
Chittagong H.T.
28.43
5.24
2.37
2.97
60.99
Source: Moten[3]
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X ^ Government of Bangladesh (1991). A Background Paper on Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections. Dhaka: Press Information Department (Handout No. 429) . ^ Moten, A. Rashid (1981). "Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh" . The Indian Journal of Political Science . 42 : 58–73 – via JSTOR.
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