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
Awami League
73.2% of votes · +10 seats
308
seats
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)
8.3% of votes
0
seats
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
6.5% of votes
1
seats
National Awami Party (Bhashani)
5.3% of votes
0
seats
Bangladesh Jatiya League
0.3% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
Bangla Jatiya League
0.3% of votes
0
seats
Communist Party of Bangladesh
0.3% of votes
0
seats
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal
0.2% of votes
0
seats
Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Bangladesh Shramik Federation
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Banglar Communist Party
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Bangla Chattra Union
0.0% of votes
0
seats