1991 Bangladeshi General Election
27 February 1991 · The caretaker republic · 330 seats
Bangladesh Nationalist Party finished first with 168 of 330 seats on 30.8% of the vote. Turnout 55.5%. Khaleda Zia replaced Post vacant.
Prime Minister before
Post vacant
Prime Minister after
Khaleda Zia
BNP
Largest force
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
168 of 330 seats
Turnout
55.5%
The result
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | — | 168 | — | 10,507,549 | 30.8% | — | |
| Awami League | — | 88 | — | 10,259,866 | 30.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | — | 20 | — | 4,136,661 | 12.1% | — | |
| Jatiya Party | — | 35 | -216 | 4,063,537 | 11.9% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League | — | 5 | — | 616,014 | 1.8% | — | |
| Zaker Party | — | 0 | — | 417,737 | 1.2% | — | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | — | 5 | — | 407,515 | 1.2% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | — | 0 | — | 269,451 | 0.8% | — | |
| Islami Oikya Jote | — | 1 | — | 269,434 | 0.8% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | — | 1 | — | 259,978 | 0.8% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) | — | 0 | — | 171,011 | 0.5% | — | |
| Ganatantri Party | — | 1 | — | 152,592 | 0.5% | — | |
| National Democratic Party | — | 1 | — | 121,918 | 0.4% | — | |
| Bangladesh Janata Dal | — | 0 | — | 120,729 | 0.3% | — | |
| United Communist League of Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 110,517 | 0.3% | — | |
| Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | — | 0 | 0 | 93,049 | 0.3% | — | |
| Freedom Party | — | 0 | -2 | 90,781 | 0.3% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) | — | 1 | -2 | 84,276 | 0.3% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Ainuddin) | — | 0 | — | 66,575 | 0.2% | — | |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | — | 1 | — | 63,434 | 0.2% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khaliquzzaman) | — | 0 | — | 34,868 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | — | 0 | — | 32,693 | 0.1% | — | |
| Janata Mukti Party | — | 0 | — | 30,962 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jatiya Ganotantrik Party | — | 0 | — | 24,761 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islami Front | — | 0 | — | 24,310 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jatiya Oikkya Front | — | 0 | — | 21,624 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party–Ganatantrik Oikkya Jote | — | 0 | — | 20,568 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jamaaiatay Olamaya Islam Front | — | 0 | — | 15,073 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | — | 0 | — | 13,413 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Hindu League | — | 0 | — | 11,941 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) | — | 0 | — | 11,275 | 0.0% | — | |
| Oikkya Prakriyya | — | 0 | — | 11,074 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Matin) | — | 0 | — | 11,073 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Bhashani) | — | 0 | — | 9,129 | 0.0% | — | |
| Pragotishil Jatiyatabadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 6,677 | 0.0% | — | |
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 6,396 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Biplobi Front | — | 0 | — | 3,671 | 0.0% | — | |
| Pragotishil Ganatantrik Sakt | — | 0 | — | 3,598 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Ashraf) | — | 0 | — | 3,187 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya Tanti Dal | — | 0 | — | 3,115 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf) | — | 0 | — | 2,757 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Jukta Front | — | 0 | — | 2,668 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | — | 0 | — | 1,570 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh National Congress | — | 0 | — | 1,421 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Chhashi Dal | — | 0 | — | 1,317 | 0.0% | — | |
| Gano Azadi League (Samad) | — | 0 | — | 1,314 | 0.0% | — | |
| Janasakti Party | — | 0 | — | 1,263 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party | — | 0 | — | 1,236 | 0.0% | — | |
| Islamic Samajtantrik Dal Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 1,039 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Freedom League | — | 0 | — | 1,034 | 0.0% | — | |
| Peoples Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 879 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh People's League (Goariobi Newaz) | — | 0 | — | 742 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Mukti Dal | — | 0 | — | 723 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jana Parishad | — | 0 | — | 686 | 0.0% | — | |
| Muslim Peoples Party | — | 0 | — | 515 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Mukti Andolan | — | 0 | — | 503 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh National Hindu Party | — | 0 | — | 502 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal | — | 0 | — | 496 | 0.0% | — | |
| Democratic League | — | 0 | — | 453 | 0.0% | — | |
| Humanitarian Organization for the Prevention of Smoking and Drug Abuse | — | 0 | — | 453 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Tarun Sangha | — | 0 | — | 417 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Labour Party | — | 0 | — | 318 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Manobatabadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 294 | 0.0% | — | |
| Ideal Party | — | 0 | — | 251 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Sadequr Rahman) | — | 0 | — | 248 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Khilafat Party | — | 0 | — | 241 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Inquilab Party | — | 0 | — | 214 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islamic Biplobi Parishad | — | 0 | — | 202 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Bekar Samaj | — | 0 | — | 182 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Adarsha Krishak Dal | — | 0 | — | 154 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islamic Republican Party | — | 0 | — | 138 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Bekar Party | — | 0 | — | 39 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Sramajibi Party | — | 0 | — | 28 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Nur Mohammad Kazi) | — | 0 | — | 27 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya People's Party | — | 0 | — | 25 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 3 | -22 | 1,497,396 | 4.4% | — |