7 March 1973 (1973-03-07) 1979 → 1 1 1,229,110 62,354 | 293 1 13,798,717 1,229,110 73.2% 6.5% | |
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General elections (Bengali: প্রথম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৭৩) were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote. Voter turnout was 54.9%.
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Bangladeshi general election, 1973 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA