1973 Bangladeshi general election
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] Voter turnout was 54.9%.
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| Registered | 35,205,642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 54.9% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Bangladesh Awami League | 13,798,717 | 73.2 | 293 | +5 |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | 1,569,299 | 8.3 | 0 | New |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | 1,229,110 | 6.5 | 1 | New |
| National Awami Party (Bhashani) | 1,002,771 | 5.3 | 0 | New |
| Bangladesh Jatiya League | 62,354 | 0.3 | 1 | +1 |
| Banglar Communist Party | 199,673 | 1.1 | 0 | New |
| Bangla Chattra Union | 0 | New | ||
| Bangladesh Jatiya Congress | 0 | New | ||
| Bangla Jatiya League | 0 | New | ||
| Bangladesh Shramik Federation | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | 0 | New | ||
| Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) | 0 | New | ||
| Jatiya Ganatantrik Dal | 0 | New | ||
| Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | 0 | New | ||
| Independents | 989,884 | 5.3 | 5 | –2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 477,875 | – | – | – |
| Total | 19,329,683 | 100 | 300 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 35,205,642 | 54.9 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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