All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered
74,946,364
Turnout
74.97%
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
77
84
Popular vote
23,074,714
22,310,276
Percentage
40.97%
40.13%
Swing
7.36pp
2.69pp
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
18
14
Popular vote
4,038,453
23,85,361
Percentage
7.25%
4.28%
Swing
9.15pp
4.32pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Latifur Rahman (acting)
Caretaker government
Subsequent Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia
BNP
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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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