1981 Bangladeshi presidential election

1981 Bangladeshi presidential election

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Turnout	56.51%
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

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Presidential elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 November 1981.^[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent acting President Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating his principal challenger Kamal Hossain of the Awami League. Voter turnout was 56.5%.^[2]