1991 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister.
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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 62,181,743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.45% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%.
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