Electoral history of Sheikh Hasina

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sheikh Hasina, who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024.[1][2]

Sheikh Hasina

Summary

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Year Constituency Party Votes % Result
1991 Dhaka-7 Awami League 49,362 36.5 Lost
Dhaka-10 29,451 37.8 Lost
Gopalganj-3 67,945 72.2 Won
June 1996 Bagerhat-1 77,342 51.4 Won
Khulna-1 62,247 53.5 Won
Gopalganj-3 1,02,689 92.2 Won
2001 Rangpur-6 77,991 44.6 Lost
Gopalganj-3 1,54,130 94.7 Won
Narail-1 78,216 54.6 Won
Narail-2 97,195 50.3 Won
Barguna-3 Won
2008 Rangpur-6 1,70,542 80.0 Won
Bagerhat-1 1,42,979 68.3 Won
Gopalganj-3 158,958 97.1 Won

Detailed results

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1991 general election

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General Election 1991: Dhaka-7[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Sadeque Hossain Khoka 76,601 56.7
AL Sheikh Hasina 49,362 36.5
Jamaat-e-Islami A. K. M. Abdus Salam 2,262 1.7
Zaker Party Sageer Ahmed 2,168 1.6
JP(E) Shafiqur Rahman 1,992 1.5
Bangladesh Janata Party Begum Razia Alim 757 0.6
FP Liyakat Hossain 454 0.3
Ganatantri Party Mahmudur Rahman Babu 269 0.2
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Nazirul Islam 187 0.1
Independent Jahangir Khan 184 0.1
Independent Abdur Rahman 159 0.1
UCL Naseem Ali 150 0.1
Independent Khalilur Rahman 128 0.1
NDP Alamagir Hossain 96 0.1
Independent Ahmed Aorangajeb Kabir 88 0.1
Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot Md. Mujibur Rahman Hiru 73 0.1
JSD (S) Md. Gofran Miyan 64 0.0
Independent Millat Hossain 56 0.0
Independent Md. Ibrahim Hossain 48 0.0
Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf) Md. Foyez Box Kadri 36 0.0
Bangladesh People's League (Garib A Nawaz) Nasir Uddin Pannu 28 0.0
Independent Abdul Malek Chowdhury 17 0.0
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Chashi Dal M. A. Ahsan Atik 15 0.0
Majority 27,239 20.1
Turnout 135,194 58.1
BNP gain from JP(E)
General Election 1991: Dhaka-10[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Abdul Mannan 45,711 58.6
AL Sheikh Hasina 29,451 37.8
Zaker Party Idrees Hossain Talukdar 816 1.0
Bangladesh Janata Party Harun Ar Rashid Mithu 598 0.8
IOJ Abdul Based 438 0.6
JSD Mir Hossain Akhtar 435 0.6
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD A. S. M. Abdur Rab 208 0.3
Bangladesh Inquilab Party Ruhul Aamin Chowdhury 59 0.1
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) M. D. Rahman 56 0.1
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Humayun Kabir 55 0.1
NDP Md. Enamul Karim Shuja 52 0.1
Bangladesh People's League (Garib A Nawaz) Jobaida Parvin 43 0.1
Bangladesh National Congress Shuvash Chandra Debnath 40 0.1
Jatiyatabadi Gonotantrik Dal Md. Zakir Hossain 29 0.0
Majority 16,260 20.8
Turnout 77,991 48.2
BNP gain from JSD
General Election 1991: Gopalganj-3[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 67,945 72.2
BKA Hafez Omar Ahmed 17,256 18.3
Bangladesh Hindu League Birendra Nath Moitra 4,246 4.5
BNP Omelendro Bishwas 2,116 2.3
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) Sheikh Shawkat Hossein Nilu 1,527 1.6
Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal Nirmal Sen 1,019 1.1
Majority 50,689 53.9
Turnout 94,109 56.0
AL gain from JP(E)

June 1996 general election

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Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the June 1996 general election: Bagerhat-1, Khulna-1, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.[3][4]

General Election June 1996: Bagerhat-1[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 77,342 51.4 +3.2
BNP Sheikh Mujibar Rahman 47,299 31.4 +0.2
IOJ Moulana Siddiqur Rahman 9,912 6.6 +6.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Ahad Ali 8,463 5.6 N/A
JP(E) S.M. Shafiqul Islam 5,977 4.0 +3.7
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Surandra Nath Sikdar 586 0.4 −0.9
Bangladesh Tafsil Jati Federation (S.K. Mandal) Sawpan Kumar Mandal 350 0.2 N/A
Democratic Republican Party Md. Arafatul Islam 275 0.2 N/A
Zaker Party Muniruzzaman 234 0.2 −0.3
Independent Binoy Krisna Poddar 179 0.1 N/A
Majority 30,043 19.9 +2.9
Turnout 150,617 82.8 +23.0
AL hold
General Election June 1996: Khulna-1[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 62,247 53.5 +5.8
CPB Acinta Kumar Biswas 19,398 16.7 −6.3
BNP Profullah Kumar Mandal 11,910 10.2 −4.9
Independent Md. Ismail Hossain 11,250 9.7 N/A
JP(E) Binoy Krisna Roy 8,048 6.9 −0.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Sheikh Md. Abu Yusuf 2,308 2.0 N/A
IOJ Ataur Rahman Atiq 775 0.7 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD S. N. Masum 260 0.2 N/A
Zaker Party K. M. Idris Ali 165 0.1 −0.1
Independent Md. Akram Sheikh 65 0.1 N/A
Majority 42,849 36.8 +12.2
Turnout 116,426 80.4 +14.1
AL hold
General Election June 1996: Gopalganj-3[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 102,689 92.2 +20.0
BNP Bishnu Pad Halder 2,568 2.3 0.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Mannan Sheikh 2,512 2.3 N/A
BKA Md. Shahidul Alam Chowdhury 2,277 2.0 −16.3
Zaker Party Biswas Fazlul Haque 524 0.5 N/A
JP(E) Kazi Firoz Rashid 453 0.4 N/A
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) Sheikh Showkat Hossain Nilu 374 0.3 −1.3
Majority 100,121 89.9 +36.0
Turnout 111,397 79.8 +23.8
AL hold

2001 general election

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Sheikh Hasina stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Rangpur-6, Narail-1, Narail-2, Barguna-3, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all but Rangpur-6, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other three, triggering by-elections in them.

General Election 2001: Rangpur-6[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IJOF Nur Mohammad Mondal 90,730 51.9
AL Sheikh Hasina 77,991 44.6
BNP Abdul Jalil Pradhan 5,237 3.0
CPB Kamruzzaman 673 0.4
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Abu Hossain Sarkar 171 0.1
JSD Md. Abu Alam Mia 89 0.1
Majority 12,739 7.3
Turnout 174,891 81.1
IJOF gain from JP(E)
General Election 2001: Gopalganj-3[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 154,130 94.7 +2.5
IOJ Omar Ahmad Saheb 7,223 4.4 N/A
Bangladesh Hindu League Birendra Nath Moitra 922 0.6 N/A
IJOF Shishir Chowdhury 410 0.3 N/A
Majority 146,907 90.3 +0.4
Turnout 162,685 87.3 +17.5
AL hold
General Election 2001: Narail-1[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 78,216 54.6 +8.5
BNP Dhirendra Nath Saha 61,413 42.9 +18.6
IJOF Sharif Munir Hossain 2,741 1.9 N/A
WPB Md. Nazrul Islam 401 0.3 N/A
BKA A. Quddus Sheikh 237 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Lutfar Rahman Sarder 78 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Ishtiaq Hossain Shikder 38 0.0 N/A
Majority 16,803 11.7 −10.1
Turnout 143,124 76.2 +1.5
AL hold
General Election 2001: Narail-2[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 97,195 50.3 +5.4
BNP Shahidul Islam 93,081 48.2 +18.2
IJOF Md. Tozammel Sheikh 1,337 0.7 N/A
WPB Hafizur Rahman 1,186 0.6 −1.2
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) Sheikh Md. Asaduzzaman 148 0.1 −0.1
Independent Ashok Kundu 74 0.0 N/A
Ganatantri Party Shamuel Subash Bose 52 0.0 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Emdadul Haq Nanu 50 0.0 N/A
Majority 4,114 2.1 −12.8
Turnout 193,123 78.0 −0.2
AL hold

2008 general election

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Sheikh Hasina stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bagerhat-1, Rangpur-6, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all three, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them.

General Election 2008: Rangpur-6[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 170,542 80.0 +35.4
BNP Nur Mohammad Mondal 38,672 18.1 +15.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Shahjahan Ali 2,138 1.0 N/A
CPB Kamruzzaman 1,199 0.6 +0.2
Gano Forum Humayun Izaz Levin 668 0.3 N/A
Majority 131,870 61.8 +54.5
Turnout 213,219 90.0 +8.9
AL gain from IJOF
General Election 2008: Bagerhat-1[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 142,979 68.3 +12.1
BNP Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Dipu 58,533 28.0 −15.8
IAB Md. Liakat Ali 7,522 3.6 N/A
National People's Party Sheikh Shawkat Hossain 288 0.1 N/A
Majority 84,446 40.3 +28.0
Turnout 209,322 89.4 +7.6
AL hold
General Election 2008: Gopalganj-3[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Sheikh Hasina 158,958 97.1 +2.4
BNP S. M. Jilane 4,451 2.7 N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan Party SM Afzal Hossain 221 0.1 N/A
Majority 154,507 94.4 +4.1
Turnout 163,630 86.8 −0.5
AL hold

References

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