General elections were held in newly independent
Bangladesh
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on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the
Bangladesh Awami League
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote. Voter turnout was 54.9%.
Though the Awami League was already the clear favourite before the elections, Sheikh Mujib's government put major effort into winning every seat. This led to a nearly complete obliteration of the opposition, with most of the leadership of opposition parties failing to win seats, including
Major Jalil (
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal ( bn, জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল, 'National Socialist Party of Bangladesh', JSD or 'জাসদ', JASAD) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul ...
),
Rashed Khan Menon
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,
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmad (; 1 July 193927 August 2015) was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.
Early life
Ahmed was born in 1939, in village: Kazi Bari Cheora Chauddagram Upazila, C ...
and
Aleem al-Razee (
National Awami Party (Bhashani) National Awami Party (Bhashani) is a left wing political party in Bangladesh.
History
National Awami Party (Bhashani) was established on 30 November 1967 when National Awami Party split into two different fractions. The pro-Moscow fraction was Nati ...
), and
Suranjit Sengupta
Suranjit Sengupta (5 May 1945 – 5 February 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh. He was the member of parliament from Sunamganj-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad ...
(
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)
The Bangladesh National Awami Party, or National Awami Party (Muzaffar), is a left wing political party in Bangladesh.
History
National Awami Party (Muzaffar) traces its origin to a split of the National Awami Party into two factions, one pro-Chin ...
).
Results
Vote share by district
See also
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List of members of the 1st Jatiya Sangsad
List of members of the 1st Jatiya Sangsad This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 1st Parliament of the Jatiya Sangsad, the National Parliament of Bangladesh
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References
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General elections in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...