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They were the first direct elections for presidency in the country, as the president had previously been elected by the Jatiya Sangsad. [1] The result was a victory for Ziaur Rahman, who received 77% of the vote. Voter turnout was 54%. [2] They were the first presidential elections since the August 1975 coup that overthrew and killed president ...
18 February - Boxing legend, Muhammad Ali arrives in Bangladesh for a 5-day visit. [3] 3 June - Ziaur Rahman wins the presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 28 June - The ashes of Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana are brought to Bangladesh from Tibet. Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. [4]
This presidential election was the first presidential election to be held in Bangladesh after the transformation. Zia, a war hero, joined the race as the candidate of the Jatiyabadi Front ( lit. ' Nationalist Front ' ), an alliance of six parties that included pro-Islam parties like the Muslim League on the one hand and minority-led parties ...
The 1981 Bangladeshi presidential elections were held on 15 November 1981. The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 54.3%.
Major General Ziaur Rahman was elected as president in that election. [7] [9] The direct presidential election for the second time was held on 15 November 1981 in the same manner. Eighty-three candidates for the election submitted nomination papers. Eleven nomination papers were disapproved. The number of valid candidates became 72.
Mohammed Shahabuddin, the president of Bangladesh since April 2023, is the country's sole top constitutional authority since Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India on Monday.
Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying pictures of general election candidates, most of them from the ruling party, as an opposition boycott looks set to usher ...
1978 Comorian legislative election; 1978 Comorian presidential election; 1978 Egyptian protection of national unity and social peace referendum; 1978 Ghanaian governmental referendum; 1978 Malawian general election; 1978 Rwandan constitutional referendum; 1978 Rwandan presidential election; 1978 Senegalese general election; 1978 Sierra Leonean ...