Electoral history of Hussain Muhammad Ershad
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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.
Presidential elections
| Year | Party | Votes | % | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Independent | 32,661,233 | 94.47 | Won | |
| 1986 | JP(E) | 21,795,337 | 84.10 | Won | |
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] and Rangpur-6.[4] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 50,004 | 56.5 | ||
| AL | Md. Mojibar Rahman Pramanik | 20,310 | 22.9 | ||
| JI | Shah Md. Ruhul Islam | 15,515 | 17.5 | ||
| Bangladesh National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | Md. Sekendar Ali | 1,220 | 1.4 | ||
| BNP | Md. Shah Emdadul Haq | 695 | 0.8 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Ruhul Amin | 464 | 0.5 | ||
| WPB | Md. Chad Miah | 234 | 0.3 | ||
| UCL | A. K. M. Shirazul Islam | 102 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 29,694 | 33.5 | |||
| Turnout | 88,547 | 54.3 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 50,221 | 45.4 | |||
| AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 45,206 | 40.9 | |||
| JI | Shah Muhammad Nur Hossain | 7,676 | 6.9 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Nazrul Haq | 2,601 | 2.4 | |||
| JSD | Md. Abdus Sattar | 2,336 | 2.1 | |||
| BNP | Mohsin Ali | 2,308 | 2.1 | |||
| Independent | Md. Ilias Ali | 299 | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | 5,015 | 4.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 110,647 | 59.2 | ||||
| JP(E) gain from | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 86,114 | 67.3 | ||
| Ganatantri Party | Mohammed Afzal | 27,938 | 21.8 | ||
| BNP | Md. Rezaul Haq Sarkar | 6,049 | 4.7 | ||
| JI | Md. Nazrul Islam | 5,911 | 4.6 | ||
| IOJ | Md. Abdus Salam Sarkar | 794 | 0.6 | ||
| Zaker Party | Abu Azgar Ahmed | 358 | 0.3 | ||
| NAP (Muzaffar) | Md. Khalilur Rahman | 232 | 0.2 | ||
| JSD (S) | Md. Habibur Rahman | 226 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Md. Siddiq Hussain | 164 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Zohra Alam | 115 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Mostafa Zafar Haider | 96 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 58,176 | 45.5 | |||
| Turnout | 127,997 | 60.5 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 71,132 | 50.2 | |||
| AL | H. N. Ashequr Rahman | 38,810 | 27.4 | |||
| JI | Abu Bakar Wahedi | 25,425 | 18.0 | |||
| BNP | Md. Nurul Huda | 3,066 | 2.2 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Taslim Prodhan | 2,000 | 1.4 | |||
| CPB | Md. Ahmmod Ali | 408 | 0.3 | |||
| FP | Md. Mojibur Rahman Sarkar | 365 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Md. Shahzahan Mondol | 351 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 32,322 | 22.8 | ||||
| Turnout | 141,557 | 61.3 | ||||
| JP(E) gain from | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 35,260 | 38.4 | ||
| AL | Md. Matiar Rahman | 34,935 | 38.1 | ||
| JI | Abdus Salam Prodhan | 10,095 | 11.0 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Jalil Pradhan | 4,658 | 5.1 | ||
| JSD | Md. Abdus Sobhan | 2,870 | 3.1 | ||
| BNP | Nur Mohammad Mondal | 2,750 | 3.0 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Azgar Ali | 1,198 | 1.3 | ||
| Majority | 325 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 91,766 | 55.4 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
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] and Kurigram-3.[8] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 66,929 | 47.7 | ||
| AL | Anisul Haque Chowdhury | 55,800 | 39.8 | ||
| JI | ATM Azharul Islam | 8,273 | 5.9 | ||
| BNP | Paritosh Chakrabarti | 4,025 | 2.9 | ||
| Zaker Party | Abdul Hamid Kabir Sharif | 3,761 | 2.7 | ||
| JSD | Md. Ruhul Amin | 858 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Ali Sarkar | 336 | 0.2 | ||
| Gano Forum | Md. Meser Uddin | 190 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Merina Rahman | 161 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 11,129 | 7.9 | |||
| Turnout | 140,333 | 77.3 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 105,590 | 69.7 | +2.4 | |
| AL | Md. Siddique Hossain | 28,305 | 18.7 | N/A | |
| JI | Mahbubur Rahman Belal | 7,890 | 5.2 | +0.6 | |
| BNP | Kazi Md. Tareq | 6,010 | 4.0 | −0.7 | |
| IOJ | Md. Abdur Rahman | 1,386 | 0.9 | +0.3 | |
| JSD | Md. Shamsul Ajam Khan | 1,232 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Subrata Ghatak | 305 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | A. K. M. Khairul Anam | 198 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mozzammel Hossain | 99 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Shah Gausul Azam | 94 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Golam Md. Kader | 83 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Mahbub) | Md. Anowar Hossain Bablu | 74 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| FP | Md. Faizur Rahman Mithu | 67 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Moazzem Hossain | 57 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 77,285 | 51.1 | +5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 151,390 | 69.3 | +8.8 | ||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 87,387 | 51.5 | ||
| AL | H. N. Ashequr Rahman | 50,839 | 30.0 | ||
| JI | Abu Mozaffar Ahmed | 24,531 | 14.5 | ||
| BNP | Md. Nurul Huda | 3,305 | 2.0 | ||
| Ganatantri Party | Md. Samsuzzaman | 1,263 | 0.7 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Taslim Prodhan | 1,020 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Mozammel Hossain | 337 | 0.2 | ||
| FP | Md. Mojibur Rahman Sarkar | 326 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Golam Mohammad Kader | 310 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Md. Nozmuch Sakib Pradhan | 242 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 36,548 | 21.6 | |||
| Turnout | 169,570 | 74.1 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 60,665 | 52.0 | ||
| AL | Md. Matiar Rahman | 37,661 | 32.3 | ||
| BNP | Md. Matiur Rahman Chowdhury | 9,067 | 7.8 | ||
| JI | Md. Abdus Salam Prodhan | 7,577 | 6.5 | ||
| IOJ | Md. Golam Mastofa | 832 | 0.7 | ||
| Zaker Party | Md. Azgar Ali | 573 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Nur Mohammad Mondal | 117 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Mosammat Merina Rahman | 77 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 23,004 | 19.7 | |||
| Turnout | 116,569 | 68.3 | |||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Mohammad Ershad | 67,262 | 60.0 | +41.7 | ||
| AL | Md. Amjad Hossain Talukdar | 20,408 | 18.2 | −5.5 | ||
| BNP | AKM Maidul Islam | 18,662 | 16.6 | +13.7 | ||
| JI | Abdul Quddus | 3,475 | 3.1 | +0.7 | ||
| IOJ | Md. Khalilur Rahman | 1,029 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
| Gano Forum | Md. Abdul Jalil Sarkar | 477 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Abdul Karim Sarkar | 422 | 0.4 | −4.9 | ||
| Independent | Mosammat Marina Rahman | 291 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Golam Md. Kader | 168 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 46,854 | 41.8 | +40.8 | |||
| Turnout | 112,194 | 62.1 | +18.6 | |||
| JP(E) gain from AL | ||||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 239,046 | 89.5 | N/A | ||
| BNP | Md. Abdul Kaium Mondol | 19,640 | 7.3 | −3.6 | ||
| IAB | A. T. M. Golam Mustafa | 5,676 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
| CPB | Md. Shahadat Hussain | 1,602 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| BSD | Abdul Kuddus | 693 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| KSJL | Sayed Ali | 341 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Sekendar Rahman Dudu | 223 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 219,406 | 82.1 | +45.3 | |||
| Turnout | 267,221 | 80.1 | +7.8 | |||
| JP(E) gain from IJOF | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hossain Muhammad Ershad | 209,505 | 72.7 | N/A | ||
| BNP | Md. Tajul Islam Choudhury | 52,374 | 18.2 | +12.0 | ||
| IAB | Md. Mustafizur Rahaman | 24,372 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
| BSD | Jahedul Haque Milu | 971 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| LDP | Sultan Ahamed | 605 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| BDB | Bhudeb Chakrabarti | 259 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 157,131 | 54.6 | +48.0 | |||
| Turnout | 288,032 | 86.7 | +13.7 | |||
| JP(E) gain from IJOF | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | 123,936 | 66.9 | N/A | |
| BNP | Hannan Shah | 56,267 | 30.4 | N/A | |
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Syad Mohammad Ibrahim | 2,773 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| IAB | Md. Shamsul Hoque | 1,594 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| BKA | Md. Shidullah Kazi | 275 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| KSJL | Saleh Ahamed | 174 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| United Citizen Movement | Imtiaz Mahmood | 159 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | M. A. Rashid | 80 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 67,669 | 36.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 185,258 | 70.7 | N/A | ||
| JP(E) win (new seat) | |||||
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