June 1996 Bangladeshi general election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 directly elected seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier.
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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 56,716,935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 75.60% (54.63pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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