ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the electoral politics and corruption under civilian governments in Bangladesh, namely the Mujib, Sattar and Khaleda regimes. It focuses in detail on the first and sixth parliamentary elections, 1981 presidential election, and the 1991 referendum. The chapter also investigates the city corporation election and the Magura-2 constituency by-election because of their special importance in the country’s politics. Finally, it examines the degree of corruption in different elections during civilian rule and estimates whether civilian rule lessened electoral corruption.
