Back দ্বিতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন, ১৯৭৯ Bengali/Bangla Parlamentswahl in Bangladesch 1979 German Elecciones generales de Bangladés de 1979 Spanish 第2屆孟加拉國國會選舉 ZH-YUE
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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won 41% of the vote.[1][2] Voter turnout was 51%.[3][4] The Awami League became the main opposition party after winning 39 seats.[5]
The elections were organized by the military regime in Bangladesh.[6] The elections were postponed twice, as they were initially supposed to be held in December 1978.[6] The political opposition in Bangladesh intended to boycott the elections, unless the military regime the military regime withdrew martial law, assured that there would be a parliamentary system, released political prisoners, and restored full press freedom.[6] Ziaur Rahman made some concessions to the opposition, but the fell short of their full demands.[6] Subsequently some opposition parties decided to take part in the elections.[7]
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- ^ Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Vol. I. p. 535. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
- ^ Government of Bangladesh (1991). A Background Paper on Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections. Dhaka: Press Information Department (Handout No. 429).
- ^ Bangladesh 1979. Inter-Parliamentary Union
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- ^ Khan, Mohammad Mohabbat; Zafarullah, Habib Mohammad (October 1979). "The 1979 Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 19 (10): 1023–1036. doi:10.2307/2643851. JSTOR 2643851.