Table 7. 1 Votes and seats in Bangladesh elections, 1973–2001

		1973	1979	1986	1988	1991	1996	2001
AL (Awami League)	Votes	73.2	24.5	26.2		30.1	37.4	40.2
	Seats	97.7	13.0	25.3		29.3	48.7	20.8
BNP (Bangladesh National Party)	Votes		41.2			30.8	33.6	42.3
	Seats		69.0			46.7	38.7	64.1
JP (Jatiya Party)	Votes			42.3	83.7	11.9	16.4	6.5
	Seats			51.0	68.4	11.7	10.6	4.7
JI (Jamaat-i-Islam)	Votes			4.6		12.1	8.6	4.2
	Seats			3.3		6.0	1.0	5.7
Others and independents	Votes	26.8	34.3	26.9	16.3	15.1	4.0	6.8
	Seats	2.3	18.0	20.4	31.6	6.3	1.0	4.7

Notes: 1996 results pertain to the June election of that year, not the repudiated February election. Figures are in percentages; votes in normal typeface, seats in italics, ruling party or alliance in boldface.

Source: Nizam Ahmed, “Bangladesh,” in Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann (eds), Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook, vol. 1, Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 515–52; Nizam Ahmed and Sheikh Z. Ahmad, “The parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, October 2001,” Electoral Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3 (2003), pp. 503–509