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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| 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 | |
| Banglar Communist Party | 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 | |||
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | 0 | New | |||
| Independents | 989,884 | 5.25 | 5 | –2 | |
| Total | 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. | |||||
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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