February 18, 1979 (1979-02-18) 1986 → New 293 seats 7,934,236 4,734,277 | 1978 - 207 39 41.2% 24.5% | |
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The Second National Parliamentary Elections 1979 (Bengali: দ্বিতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৭৯) were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%.
The election was quite credible according to observers. Almost all the parties participated and the BNP emerged as victor with 207 seats. Awami League (Malek) got 39 seats and became the opposition party in the parliament while among others Democratic Islamic Alliance of Muslim League and Islamic Democratic League won 20 seats, and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal got 8 seats. Independent candidates won 16 seats.
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Bangladeshi general election, 1979 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA