2001 Bangladeshi general election

2001 Bangladeshi general election

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All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered	74,946,364
Turnout	74.97%
First party Second party   Leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina Party BNP AL Alliance Oikya Alliance Last election 33.61%, 116 seats 37.44%, 146 seats Seats won 193 62 Seat change 77 84 Popular vote 23,074,714 22,310,276 Percentage 40.97% 40.13% Swing 7.36pp 2.69pp Alliance Seat 216   Third party Fourth party   Leader H.M. Ershad Motiur Rahman Nizami Party JP(E) Jamaat-e-Islami Alliance IJOF Oikya Alliance Last election 16.40%, 32 seats 8.61%, 3 seats Seats won 14 17 Seat change 18 14 Popular vote 4,038,453 23,85,361 Percentage 7.25% 4.28% Swing 9.15pp 4.32pp Alliance Seat 14 216
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Latifur Rahman (acting) Caretaker government Subsequent Prime Minister Khaleda Zia BNP

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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 seats of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996.

The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister.