June 1996 Bangladeshi general election
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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 56,716,935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 75.60% (54.63pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in
Background
The June 1996 election marked the second general election to be held within only a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretaker government to oversee the election, citing a 1994 by-election (which they alleged to have been rigged) as evidence of the BNP's inability to hold a free and fair election. Despite the boycott the February election went ahead and the incumbent Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's BNP was re-elected for the second term in a landslide victory, with the majority of seats uncontested. The voting was denounced as unfair by the three main opposition parties and the voter turnout was the lowest in Bangladesh's parliamentary electoral history at only 21%.
Following the election,
Electoral system
In 1996 the 330 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies,[3] and an additional 30 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the election results.[4] Each parliament sits for a five-year term.
Campaign
During the election campaign there was an
A total of 2,574 candidates contested the elections. The
Results
The elections were won by the
With the support of
Of the 300 directly elected seats, only eight were won by female candidates.[9][7] An additional 30 seats were reserved in the Jatiya Sangsad for women, of which 27 were awarded to Awami League and rest to Jatiya Party.[9][7]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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General | Reserved | Total | +/– | |||||
Awami League | 15,882,792 | 37.44 | 146 | 27 | 173 | New | ||
Bangladesh Nationalist Party | 14,255,986 | 33.61 | 116 | 0 | 116 | –192 | ||
Jatiya Party | 6,954,981 | 16.40 | 32 | 3 | 35 | New | ||
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | 3,653,013 | 8.61 | 3 | 0 | 3 | New | ||
Islami Oikya Jote | 461,517 | 1.09 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Zaker Party | 167,597 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | 97,916 | 0.23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Workers Party of Bangladesh | 56,404 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Gano Forum | 54,250 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) | 50,944 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Communist Party of Bangladesh | 48,549 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | 45,585 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Sammilita Sangram Parishad | 40,803 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Freedom Party | 38,974 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Samridhya Bangladesh Andolon | 27,083 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Islami Front | 23,696 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | 18,397 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Jatiyabadi Awami League | 11,190 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Islami Shasantantra Andolon | 11,159 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | 10,234 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | 6,791 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP Bashani) | 5,948 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | 4,580 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Ganatantri Party | 4,114 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) | 3,620 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Democratic Republican Party | 3,605 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Janata Party | 3,364 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | 2,986 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Sheikh Asad) | 2,395 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Social Democratic Party | 1,938 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Gano Azadi League | 1,683 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Progotisil Jatiata Badi Dal | 1,515 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Hak Kathar Mancha | 1,340 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | 964 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Communist Kendra | 888 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Biplobi Front | 631 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Saat Dalya Jote (Mirpur) | 602 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Hindu League | 570 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Peoples Party | 558 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Bekar Samaj | 548 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Tafsil Jati Federation (S.K. Mandal) | 537 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Desh Prem Party | 532 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Ganotantrik Sarbahara Party | 502 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Jatiya League (Sobhan) | 418 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jana Dal | 395 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Mahiuddin) | 393 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Seba Dal | 365 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
National Democratic Party | 353 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party | 294 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Islami Al Zihad Dal | 288 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Sarbahara Party | 248 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Jatiya Daridra Party | 244 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Sramajibi Oikya Forum | 229 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Islamic Dal Bangladesh (Saifur) | 221 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh People's League | 213 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Samsad (Darshan Shava) | 209 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Mukti Andolon | 189 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Gano Oikkya Front (Guff) | 186 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Mehanati Front | 173 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Tafsili Federation (Sudir) | 150 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
People's Muslim League | 140 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
National Awami Party (NAP Bhashani) | 138 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Quran Dorshion Sangshta Bangladesh | 137 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Progatishil Gonotantrik Shakti | 134 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Islami Party | 132 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Jatiya Agragati Party | 131 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Oikya Prokria | 112 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Bashani Adarsha Bastabayan Parishad | 107 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Bastuhara Parishad | 105 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh National Congress | 99 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Quran Sunna Bastabayan Party | 82 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Tanjimul Muslimin | 81 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Samridhya Bangladesh Babosai Samproday | 48 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bashani Front | 45 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Krishak Raj Islami Party | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
National Patriotic Party | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Islami Biplobi Parishad | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Taherikay Olama-e-Bangladesh | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
United Peoples' Party | 26 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Bangladesh Manabodjikar Dal | 20 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Independents | 449,618 | 1.06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Total | 42,418,274 | 100.00 | 300 | 30 | 330 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 42,418,274 | 98.92 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 462,302 | 1.08 | ||||||
Total votes | 42,880,576 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 56,716,935 | 75.60 | ||||||
Source: Bangladesh Election Commission, Kumar Panday |
Aftermath
Hasina's administration completed its full five-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so[10]) and the next elections were held in October 2001.
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