Electoral history of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who served as the first presidents and second prime minister of Bangladesh from April 1971 to August 1975.^[1][2]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Summary

Year	Constituency	Party		Votes	%	Result
1954	Gopalganj South Muslim		United Front	19,362	N/A	Won
1970	NE-111 Dacca-VIII[a]		All-Pakistan Awami League	164,071	57.78	Won
	NE-112 Dacca-IX[b]			122,433	67.67	Won
1973	Dacca-12		Bangladesh Awami League	113,380	N/A	Won
	Dacca-15[c]			81,330	N/A	Won

Detailed results

1954 Legislative Assembly election

Gopalganj South Muslim

1954 Legislative Assembly election: Gopalganj South Muslim^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Front	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	19,362	N/A	New
	PML	Wahiduzzaman	9,569	N/A	New
	Independent	Sharif Samsuddin Ahmad	N/A	N/A	New
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	United Front win (new seat)

1970 General election

NE-111 Dacca-VIII

1970 General election: NE-111 Dacca-VIII^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	164,071	57.78	New
	CML	Syed Khwaja Khairuddin	39,949	14.07	New
Turnout			204,020	71.85	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

NE-112 Dacca-IX

1970 General election: NE-112 Dacca-IX^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	122,433	67.67	New
	PNL	Amena Begum	2,245	1.24	New
	Independent	Md. Ali Sarkar	1,795	0.99	New
Turnout			126,473	69.91	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

1973 General election

Dacca-12

1973 General election: Dacca-12^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	113,380	N/A	New
	JSD	M.A. Awwal	17,348	N/A	New
	NAP(B)	Kazi Zafar Ahmed	5,144	N/A	New
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

Dacca-15

1973 General election: Dacca-15^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	81,330	N/A	New
	JSD	Mohammad Abdul Jalil	14,390	N/A	New
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	AL win (new seat)

See also

• Electoral history of Sheikh Hasina

Notes

1. Never took oath as he was arrested on 26 March 1971.
2. Vacated.^[3]
3. Vacated.^[4]

References

1. Mustafa Kamal, Abu Hena (December 2017). বঙ্গবন্ধু, শেখ হাসিনা ও ইসলামিক ফাউন্ডেশন (in Bengali). Islamic Foundation. p. 14.
2. "BANGLADESH: The Second Revolution". Time Magazine USA. 10 February 1975. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
3. "Notification" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018.
4. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "নির্ব্বাচন প্রার্থী সাতজন প্রাক্তন মন্ত্রীই পরাজিত, সর্বশেষ মন্ত্রী দ্বারকানাথ বারোরীর জামানত বাজেয়াফত, গোপালগঞ্জ দক্ষিণ কেন্দ্রে শেখ মুজিবর রহমানের সাফল্য". The Azad (in Bengali). 22 March 1954. p. 1.
6. "East Pakistan Results". The Pakistan Observer. 9 December 1970. p. 10.
7. "১৩১টি আসনে আঃ লীগ বিজয়ী ১১টি আসনে বিরোধীদল অগ্রগামী". The Sangbad (in Bengali). 8 March 1973. p. 8.