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Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 June 1978. 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]
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.
The 1978 Bangladeshi presidential elections were held on 3 June 1978. They were the first direct elections for the post President, as the post had previously been elected by the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a victory for Ziaur Rahman, who won 76.6% of the vote. Turnout was 54.3%.
Presidential: JaGoDal/ BNP. 1978: 237/330 1979-1982 Shah Azizur Rahman: 1981-1982 Abdus Sattar: Sattar 1981: Second Military rule [12] 1982-1983 Ahsanuddin Chowdhury: Post abolished: Junta: Presidential: Independent military backed: None — 1983-1984 Hossain Mohammad Ershad: Military: Third Jatiyo Sangsad [13] 1984-1985 Hossain Mohammad Ershad ...
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]
Exports to the UAE, as a result, grew five times with Zia as the deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator in charge of the Finance Ministry, and the export earning almost doubled, from 2,507,000 BDT to 3,834,000 BDT when he became the president in 1978. Bangladesh used to export tea, live animals, handicrafts, cables and wires, and a wide range ...
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.
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 ...