1981 Bangladeshi presidential election

1981 Bangladeshi presidential election
15 November 1981
Turnout56.51%
 
Candidate Abdus Sattar Kamal Hossain
Party BNP AL
Popular vote 14,203,958 5,636,113
Percentage 65.52% 26.00%
President before election

Abdus Sattar (acting)
BNP

Elected President

Abdus Sattar
BNP

Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 November 1981. The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 66% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 57%.

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