Bangladeshi general election, 1973

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7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

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All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad
151 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Party	Awami League	Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal	Bangladesh Jatiya League
Leader since	1963
Leader's seat	Gopalganj
Last election	160 seats
Seats won	293	1	1
Seat change	+133
Popular vote	13,798,717	1,229,110	62,354
Percentage	73.2%	6.5%	0.3%

Prime Minister before election

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Awami League

Subsequent Prime Minister

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Awami League

General elections (Bengali: প্রথম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৭৩) were held in newly independent Bangladesh on 7 March 1973. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, who won 293 of the 300 seats, including eleven constituencies where they were elected unopposed without a vote. Voter turnout was 54.9%.

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