Electoral history of Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Hussain Muhammad Ershad This is a summary of the electoral history of Hussain Muhammad Ershad , a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990.
Summary
Presidential elections
Jatiya Sangsad elections
Year
Constituency
Party
Votes
%
Result
1991
Rangpur-1
JP(E)
50,004
56.5
Won
Rangpur-2
50,221
45.4
Won
Rangpur-3
86,114
67.3
Won
Rangpur-5
71,132
50.2
Won
Rangpur-6
35,260
38.4
Won
June 1996
Rangpur-2
66,929
47.7
Won
Rangpur-3
1,05,590
69.7
Won
Rangpur-5
87,387
51.5
Won
Rangpur-6
60,665
52.0
Won
Kurigram-3
67,262
60.0
Won
2008
Rangpur-3
2,39,046
89.5
Won
Kurigram-2
2,09,505
72.7
Won
Dhaka-17
1,23,936
66.9
Won
Detailed results
1985 military rule referendum
Choice Votes % For 32,661,233 94.47 Against 1,911,281 5.53 Total 34,572,514 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 47,910,964 – Source: Nohlen et al.
1986 presidential election
Candidate Party Votes % Hussain Muhammad Ershad Jatiya Party 21,795,337 84.10 Muhammadullah Hafezzi Independent 1,510,456 5.83 Syed Faruque Rahman Bangladesh Freedom Party 1,202,303 4.64 Nine other candidates 1,408,195 5.43 Total 25,916,291 100.00 Valid votes 25,916,291 98.55 Invalid/blank votes 380,745 1.45 Total votes 26,297,036 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 47,912,443 54.89 Source: Nohlen et al.
1991 general election
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[ 1] Rangpur-1 , Rangpur-2 ,[ 2] Rangpur-3 , Rangpur-5 ,[ 3] Rangpur-6 .[ 4] [ 5]
June 1996 general election
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the June 1996 general election:[ 1] Rangpur-2 ,[ 2] Rangpur-3 ,[ 7] Rangpur-5 ,[ 6] Rangpur-6 ,[ 4] Kurigram-3 .[ 8]
2008 general election
Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Rangpur-3 , Kurigram-2 , and Dhaka-17 . After winning all three, he chose to represent Dhaka-17 and quit the other two.
Reference
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