Bangladeshi general election, 1973

7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad 151 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Party	Awami League	Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal	Bangladesh Jatiya League
Leader since	1963
Leader's seat	Gopalganj
Last election	160 seats
Seats won	293	1	1
Seat change	+133
Popular vote	13,798,717	1,229,110	62,354
Percentage	73.2%	6.5%	0.3%

Prime Minister before election

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Awami League

Prime Minister-designate

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Awami League

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General elections (Bengali: প্রথম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৭৩) were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote.^[1] Voter turnout was 54.9%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Bangladesh Awami League	13,798,717	73.2	293
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)	1,569,299	8.3	0
Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal	1,229,110	6.5	1
National Awami Party (Bhashani)	1,002,771	5.3	0
Bangladesh Jatiya League	62,354	0.3	1
Banglar Communist Party	199,673	1.1	0
Bangla Chattra Union
Bangladesh Jatiya Congress
Bangla Jatiya League
Bangladesh Sramik Federation
Communist Party of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
Jayita Ganatantrik Dal
Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal
Independents	989,884	5.3	5
Invalid/blank votes	477,875	–	–
Total	19,329,683	100	300
Registered voters/turnout	35,205,642	54.9	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p535 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

Elections and referendums in Bangladesh

General elections	1920¹ 1923¹ 1926¹ 1930¹ 1934¹ 1945¹ 1946 1954 1962 1970² 1973 1979 1986 1988 1991 1996 (Feb) 1996 (Jun) 2001 2008 2014

Presidential elections	1978 1981 1986

Referendums	1977 1985 1991

¹ As part of British India ² As part of Pakistan

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