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 Third party   Leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina Motiur Rahman Nizami Party BNP AL Jamaat-e-Islami Alliance Oikya Alliance Oikya Alliance Last election 33.61%, 116 seats 37.44%, 146 seats 8.61%, 3 seats Seats won 193 62 17 Seat change 77 84 14 Popular vote 23,074,714 22,310,276 2,385,361 Percentage 40.97% 40.13% 4.28% Swing 7.36pp 2.69pp 4.32pp   Fourth party   Leader H.M. Ershad Party JP(E) Alliance IJOF Last election 16.40%, 32 seats Seats won 14 Seat change 18 Popular vote 4,038,453 Percentage 7.25% Swing 9.15pp
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.