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2001 Bangladeshi general election information


2001 Bangladeshi general election
2001 Bangladeshi general election
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All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered74,946,364
Turnout74.97%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina
Party BNP AL
Alliance Oikya Alliance
Last election 33.61%, 116 seats 37.44%, 146 seats
Seats won 193 62
Seat change Increase 77 Decrease 84
Popular vote 23,074,714 22,310,276
Percentage 40.97% 40.13%
Swing Increase7.36pp Increase2.69pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader H.M. Ershad Motiur Rahman Nizami
Party JP(E) Jamaat-e-Islami
Alliance IJOF Oikya Alliance
Last election 16.40%, 32 seats 8.61%, 3 seats
Seats won 14 17
Seat change Decrease 18 Increase 14
Popular vote 4,038,453 23,85,361
Percentage 7.25% 4.28%
Swing Decrease9.15pp Decrease4.32pp

Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Latifur Rahman (acting)
Caretaker government

Subsequent Prime Minister

Khaleda Zia
BNP

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 seats of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996.

The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister.

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