1973 Bangladeshi general election

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All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered| 35,205,642
Turnout| 54.91%
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Leader  | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Serajul Alam Khan | Ataur Rahman Khan
Party  | Awami League | JSD | BJL
Leader since  | 1963  | 1972  | 1969
Leader's seat  | Dhaka-12 |  | Dhaka-19
Last election  | 288 seats  | –  | 0 seats
Seats won  | 293  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  5  | New |  1
Popular vote  | 13,798,717  | 1,229,110  | 62,354
Percentage  | 73.20%  | 6.52%  | 0.33%

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| Prime Minister before election

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh Awami League

| Subsequent Prime Minister

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh Awami League

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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] Voter turnout was 54.9%.

## Contents

* 1 Results
* 1.1 Vote share by district
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Results[edit]

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| 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

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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  | –
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]

* List of members of the 1st Jatiya Sangsad

## References[edit]

1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. ^ Government of Bangladesh (1991). A Background Paper on Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections. Dhaka: Press Information Department (Handout No. 429).
3. ^ Moten, A. Rashid (1981). "Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 42: 58–73 - via JSTOR.

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