300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered
62,181,743
Turnout
55.45%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Khaleda Zia
Sheikh Hasina
H.M. Ershad
Party
BNP
AL
JP(E)
Last election
Boycotted
Boycotted
251 seats
Seats won
140
88
35
Popular vote
10,507,549
10,259,866
4,063,537
Percentage
30.81%
30.08%
11.92%
President before election
Shahabuddin Ahmed (acting)
Independent
Subsequent Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia
BNP
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister.[1]
The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%.[2][3]
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