Bangladeshi presidential election, 1978

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

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Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma). The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country as well as its most densely-populated, to the exclusion of small island nations and city-states. Dhaka is its capital and largest city, followed by Chittagong, which has the country's largest port. Bangladesh forms the largest and easternmost part of the Bengal region. Bangladeshis include people from a range of ethnic groups and religions. Bengalis, who speak the official Bengali language, make up 98% of the population. The politically dominant Bengali Muslims make the nation the world's third largest Muslim-majority country. Islam is the official religion of Bangladesh.

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Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ziaur Rahman Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Front 15,733,80776.6
M. A. G. Osmani Ganatantrik Oikkya Jote 4,455,20021.7
Eight other candidates342,5541.7
Invalid/blank votes354,010–
Total20,885,571100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

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