June 1996 Bangladeshi general election

June 1996 Bangladeshi general election

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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered	56,716,935
Turnout	75.60% (54.63pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sheikh Hasina Khaleda Zia H.M. Ershad Party AL BNP JP(E) Last election Boycotted 278 seats Boycotted Seats won 146 116 32 Seat change 146 162 32 Popular vote 15,882,792 14,255,986 6,954,981 Percentage 37.44% 33.63% 16.40%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Muhammad Habibur Rahman (acting) Caretaker government Subsequent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina AL

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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date.^[1] This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier.