1981 Bangladeshi presidential election
Results

1981 Bangladeshi presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Candidate	Party	Votes	%

Abdus Sattar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	14,203,958	65.5

Kamal Hossain	Bangladesh Awami League	5,636,113	26.0

Maulana Mohammudullah	Independent	388,741	1.8

M. A. G. Osmani	Independent	293,637	1.4

M. A. Jalil	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	248,769	1.1

Muzaffar Ahmed	NAP (M)-CPB	224,188	1.0

33 other candidates	682,154	3.2

Invalid/blank votes	332,524	–

Total	22,010,084	100

Source: Nohlen et al.

Sentence(s)

The 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election result was a victory for Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating Kamal Hossain of the Awami League.

final_sentence: The 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election result was a victory for Abdus Sattar of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who received 65.5% of the vote, beating Kamal Hossain of the Awami League.