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Scene from a polling booth in Bangladesh. Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber. The unicameral Jatiyo Sangshad, meaning national parliament, has 350 members of which 300 members are directly elected through a national election for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies while 50 memberships are reserved for the women who are selected by the ruling ...
The second general elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979, under President Ziaur Rahman.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won the election; They won 207 out of 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad.The total vote was 51.2%। In this election, Awami League (Malek) won 39 seats, Awami League (Mizan) 2, JSD 8, Muslim League and Democratic League 20, NAP (Muzaffar) 1, Bangladesh National ...
(Birth–Death) Election Term of office Political party (Coalition) Ministry Took office Left office Time in office Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972) 1 Tajuddin Ahmad তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ (1925–1975) — 17 April 1971 12 January 1972 270 days AL: Mujib I: People's Republic of Bangladesh (1972–present) 2
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
The first parliamentary elections held under the 1972 constitution were in March 1973, with the Awami League winning a massive majority, winning a historic 293 out of a total of 300 seats. No other political party in Bangladesh's early years was able to duplicate or challenge the League's broad-based appeal, membership, or organizational strength.
Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 November 1981. [1] [2] The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 66% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 57%. [3]
Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's governing and opposition parties held separate rallies in the capital on Friday over who should oversee the next general election, expected to be held early ...
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the elections. [1] The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. [2] Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election.