1991 Bangladeshi general election

1991 Bangladeshi general election
27 February 1991
300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered62,181,743
Turnout55.45% ( 2.97pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina H.M. Ershad
Party BNP AL JP(E)
Last election Boycotted Boycotted 251 seats
Seats won 140 88 35
Seat change New New 216
Popular vote 10,507,549 10,259,866 4,063,537
Percentage 30.81% 30.08% 11.92%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Post vacant
(Acting President Shahabuddin Ahmed led a caretaker government)

 Prime Minister after election

Khaleda Zia
BNP

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister.

The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%.

The election was disproportionate, with the BNP winning 52 more seats than the Awami League, despite their popular vote total differing by less than one percentage point.

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