1973 Bangladeshi General Election
7 March 1973 · The founding parliament · 315 seats
Awami League finished first with 308 of 315 seats on 73.2% of the vote. Turnout 54.9%. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman stayed in office.
The Awami League government pushed to sweep every seat; the count is described as unnecessarily rigged, and eleven constituencies went to AL candidates unopposed.
Prime Minister before
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
AL
Prime Minister (continued)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
AL
Largest force
Awami League
308 of 315 seats
Turnout
54.9%
The result
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | — | 308 | +10 | 13,798,717 | 73.2% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | — | 0 | — | 1,569,299 | 8.3% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal | — | 1 | — | 1,229,110 | 6.5% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Bhashani) | — | 0 | — | 1,002,771 | 5.3% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya League | — | 1 | +1 | 62,354 | 0.3% | — | |
| Bangla Jatiya League | — | 0 | — | 53,097 | 0.3% | — | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 47,211 | 0.3% | — | |
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 38,421 | 0.2% | — | |
| Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist) | — | 0 | — | 18,619 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Shramik Federation | — | 0 | — | 17,271 | 0.1% | — | |
| Banglar Communist Party | — | 0 | — | 11,911 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangla Chattra Union | — | 0 | — | 7,564 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya Congress | — | 0 | — | 3,761 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Ganatantrik Dal | — | 0 | — | 1,818 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 5 | -2 | 989,884 | 5.3% | — |