February 1996 Bangladeshi general election
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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.[1] The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 directly elected seats.[1] This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days[2] before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June.
Quick Facts 300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
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Registered | 56,149,182 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 21% 34.4 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||
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