Bangladeshi presidential election, 1978

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Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 June 1978. They were the first public elections for President, who had previously been elected by Parliament.^[1] The result was a victory for Ziaur Rahman, who won 76.6% of the vote. Turnout was 54.3%.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ziaur Rahman	Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Front	15,733,807	76.6
M. A. G. Osmani	Ganatantrik Oikkya Jote	4,455,200	21.7
Eight other candidates		342,554	1.7
Invalid/blank votes		354,010	–
Total		20,885,571	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p525 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p544

Elections and referendums in Bangladesh

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