Mujibar Rahman7 March 1973
Wins a landslide victory in the countrys first general elections, Rahman and the Awami League win the elections
Bangladesh · Government / Government of Bangladesh. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Wins a landslide victory in the countrys first general elections, Rahman and the Awami League win the elections
The Election Commission of Bangladesh announces that the liberal Awami League of Hasina Wajed won 126 seats, the centrist National Party 103 seats, and the Jatiya Party 28
The Awami League wins a landslide victory in the countrys 481 upazilas (subdistricts), 3 people are killed, 150 injured and voter intimidation is rife
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