1979 Bangladeshi general election

1979 Bangladeshi general election

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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered	38,363,858
Turnout	51.29% (3.62pp)
First party Second party   Leader Ziaur Rahman Asaduzzaman Khan Party BNP AL Last election – 293 seats Seats won 207 39 Seat change New 256 Popular vote 7,934,236 4,734,277 Percentage 41.17% 24.56%
President of Bangladesh before election Ziaur Rahman BNP Prime Minister of Bangladesh Shah Azizur Rahman BNP

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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 51%.^[1][2] The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.^[3]

With almost all parties participating, the elections were deemed credible by observers.^[4]