Bangladeshi general election, 1973
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General elections 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. 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), Rashed Khan Menon, Kazi Zafar Ahmed and
Aleem al-Razee Aleem al-Razee was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. Early life Razee was born in 1925 in Karatia in Nagarpur Upazila, Tangail District, East Bengal, British India. He completed a M.A. and a law degree from University of Calcutta. He earne ...
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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 ...
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Vote share by district


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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 Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bang ...


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