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
Chief Adviser before election Muhammad Habibur Rahman Independent (caretaker government) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina AL

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Snap general elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. They were called following the controversial February 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the opposition and saw a turnout of just 21%.

The result of the snap elections was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, resulting in its leader Sheikh Hasina becoming Prime Minister. It was the first election victory for the Awami League since 1973 and the party's removal from power in a 1975 coup. Voter turnout was 75%, the highest to date.^[1]