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v. t. e. Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 June 1978. They were the first direct elections for the presidency, 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. Turnout was 54%. [2]
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%.
Since the independence of Bangladesh, eleven presidential elections have been held, of which three were direct elections. After independence in 1974, Speaker of the Assembly Mohammad Mohammadullah became the first president of Bangladesh without any contestation through an election. [6][7] He was elected through the first presidential election ...
Location of Bangladesh An enlargeable map of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. ... 1978 Bangladeshi presidential election; 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election;
Election. 1977, 1978. Seat. Bangabhaban. ← Sayem. Sattar →. Ziaur Rahman ' s tenure as the President of Bangladesh started with his acquisition of the presidency from Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem on April 21, 1977 after the latter resigned from his position on health grounds. [1] Zia became the President of Bangladesh at a time when Bangladesh ...
1978 in Bangladesh. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade. The year 1978 was the 7th year after the independence of ...
Presidential elections in Bangladesh. 0–9. 1974 Bangladeshi presidential election. 1978 Bangladeshi presidential election. 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election. 1986 Bangladeshi presidential election. 1991 Bangladeshi presidential election. 1996 Bangladeshi presidential election. 2001 Bangladeshi presidential election.
Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as prime minister, with US President Gerald Ford at the Oval Office in 1974. Upon his release on 10 January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman briefly assumed the provisional presidency and later took office as the prime minister, heading all organs of government and decision-making. [1]