June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
12 June 1996 · The caretaker republic · 330 seats
Awami League finished first with 173 of 330 seats on 37.4% of the vote. Turnout 75.6%. Sheikh Hasina took office.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Sheikh Hasina
AL
Largest force
Awami League
173 of 330 seats
Turnout
75.6%
The result
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awami League | — | 173 | — | 15,882,792 | 37.4% | — | |
| Bangladesh Nationalist Party | — | 116 | -192 | 14,255,986 | 33.6% | — | |
| Jatiya Party | — | 35 | — | 6,954,981 | 16.4% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | — | 3 | — | 3,653,013 | 8.6% | — | |
| Islami Oikya Jote | — | 1 | — | 461,517 | 1.1% | — | |
| Zaker Party | — | 0 | — | 167,597 | 0.4% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | — | 1 | — | 97,916 | 0.2% | — | |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 56,404 | 0.1% | — | |
| Gano Forum | — | 0 | — | 54,250 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) | — | 0 | — | 50,944 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 48,549 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 45,585 | 0.1% | — | |
| Sammilita Sangram Parishad | — | 0 | — | 40,803 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Freedom Party | — | 0 | -1 | 38,974 | 0.1% | — | |
| Samridhya Bangladesh Andolon | — | 0 | — | 27,083 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islami Front | — | 0 | — | 23,696 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | — | 0 | — | 18,397 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiyabadi Awami League | — | 0 | — | 11,190 | 0.0% | — | |
| Islami Shasontontro Andolon | — | 0 | — | 11,159 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) | — | 0 | — | 10,234 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | — | 0 | — | 6,791 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP Bashani) | — | 0 | — | 5,948 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | — | 0 | — | 4,580 | 0.0% | — | |
| Ganatantri Party | — | 0 | — | 4,114 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) | — | 0 | — | 3,620 | 0.0% | — | |
| Democratic Republican Party | — | 0 | — | 3,605 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Janata Party | — | 0 | — | 3,364 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | — | 0 | — | 2,986 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Sheikh Asad) | — | 0 | — | 2,395 | 0.0% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 1,938 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Gano Azadi League | — | 0 | — | 1,683 | 0.0% | — | |
| Progotisil Jatiata Badi Dal | — | 0 | — | 1,515 | 0.0% | — | |
| Hak Kathar Mancha | — | 0 | — | 1,340 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) | — | 0 | — | 1,148 | 0.0% | — | |
| Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 964 | 0.0% | — | |
| Communist Kendra | — | 0 | — | 888 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Biplobi Front | — | 0 | — | 631 | 0.0% | — | |
| Saat Dalya Jote (Mirpur) | — | 0 | — | 602 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Hindu League | — | 0 | — | 570 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Peoples Party | — | 0 | — | 558 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Bekar Samaj | — | 0 | — | 548 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Tafsil Jati Federation (S.K. Mandal) | — | 0 | — | 537 | 0.0% | — | |
| Desh Prem Party | — | 0 | — | 532 | 0.0% | — | |
| Ganotantrik Sarbahara Party | — | 0 | — | 502 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya League (Sobhan) | — | 0 | — | 418 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jana Dal | — | 0 | — | 395 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Mahiuddin) | — | 0 | — | 393 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Seba Dal | — | 0 | — | 365 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 353 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krisak Sramik Janata Party | — | 0 | — | 294 | 0.0% | — | |
| Islami Al Zihad Dal | — | 0 | — | 288 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Sarbahara Party | — | 0 | — | 248 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Daridra Party | — | 0 | — | 244 | 0.0% | — | |
| Sramajibi Oikya Forum | — | 0 | — | 229 | 0.0% | — | |
| Islamic Dal Bangladesh (Saifur) | — | 0 | — | 221 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh People's League | — | 0 | — | 213 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Samsad (Darshan Shava) | — | 0 | — | 209 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Mukti Andolon | — | 0 | — | 189 | 0.0% | — | |
| Gano Oikkya Front (Guff) | — | 0 | — | 186 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Mehanati Front | — | 0 | — | 173 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Tafsili Federation (Sudir) | — | 0 | — | 150 | 0.0% | — | |
| People's Muslim League | — | 0 | — | 140 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Awami Party (NAP Bhashani) | — | 0 | — | 138 | 0.0% | — | |
| Quran Dorshion Sangshta Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 137 | 0.0% | — | |
| Progatishil Gonotantrik Shakti | — | 0 | — | 134 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islami Party | — | 0 | — | 132 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jatiya Agragati Party | — | 0 | — | 131 | 0.0% | — | |
| Oikya Prokria | — | 0 | — | 112 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Bashani Adarsha Bastabayan Parishad | — | 0 | — | 107 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Bastuhara Parishad | — | 0 | — | 105 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh National Congress | — | 0 | — | 99 | 0.0% | — | |
| Quran Sunna Bastabayan Party | — | 0 | — | 82 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Tanjimul Muslimin | — | 0 | — | 81 | 0.0% | — | |
| Samridhya Bangladesh Babosai Samproday | — | 0 | — | 48 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bashani Front | — | 0 | — | 45 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Raj Islami Party | — | 0 | — | 33 | 0.0% | — | |
| National Patriotic Party | — | 0 | — | 31 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islami Biplobi Parishad | — | 0 | — | 29 | 0.0% | — | |
| Taherikay Olama-e-Bangladesh | — | 0 | — | 29 | 0.0% | — | |
| United Peoples' Party | — | 0 | — | 26 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Manabodjikar Dal | — | 0 | — | 20 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 1 | -9 | 449,618 | 1.1% | — |