June 1996 Bangladeshi general election

June 1996 Bangladeshi general election
12 June 1996
300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered56,716,935
Turnout75.60% ( 54.63pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sheikh Hasina Khaleda Zia H.M. Ershad
Party AL BNP JP(E)
Last election Boycotted 278 seats Boycotted
Seats won 146 116 32
Seat change 146 162 32
Popular vote 15,882,792 14,255,986 6,954,981
Percentage 37.44% 33.63% 16.40%
Results by constituency
Chief Adviser before election

Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Independent (caretaker government)

 Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina
AL

Snap general elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. They were called following the controversial February 1996 elections, which were boycotted by the opposition and saw a turnout of just 21%.

The result of the snap elections was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, resulting in its leader Sheikh Hasina becoming Prime Minister. It was the first election victory for the Awami League since 1973 and the party's removal from power in a 1975 coup. Voter turnout was 75%, the highest to date.

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