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Two general elections were held in Bangladesh in 1996:

• Sixth parliamentary election on 15 February, which was won by BNP after Bangladesh Awami League, the other main party in Bangladesh, boycotted the elections.
• Seventh parliamentary election on 12 June, which was won by Bangladesh Awami League after BNP was forced to dissolve the parliament and hold impartial elections under the caretaker government.

v t e Elections and referendums in Bangladesh
General elections	1920 1923 1926 1930 1934 1937 1945 1946 1954 1962 1965 1970 1973 1979 1986 1988 1991 1996 (Feb) 1996 (Jun) 2001 2008 2014 2018 2024
Presidential elections	1978 1981 1986
Local elections	1973 1977 1983–84 1985 1988 1990 1994 1997 2000 2003 2009 2011 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020–21
Referendums	1977 1985 1991