Kazi Zahidul Hasan :
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina is poised to take the rein as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister again as her party won the most seats in Sunday’s general election, marred by opposition claims of rigged voting, and deadly violence between rival supporters.
The early results show, the party has taken a massive lead over its rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
The counting begun after voting ended at 4.00pm amid tensions in major political camps.
Early results show, the ruling Awami League (AL) won 210 parliamentary seats, its alliance partner Jatiya Party came second with 19 seats, BNP won six and others bagged nine seats.
She needed 151 seats out of total 300 parliamentary seats to govern the country for next five years.
With the 210 parliamentary seats, ruling Awami League, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, won the outright majority in the parliament, known as the Jatiya Sangsad.
Hasina, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office, cast her vote at the City College polling station in Dhaka in the morning, accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana and daughter Saima Wazed Hossain Putul.
“I am always confident about our victory in the election. I trust my people and I know that they will vote for us so that they can get a better life. We believe in democracy and we will accept the people’s mandate,” Hasina said after casting her vote.
The voting opened for the 11th parliamentary election at 8.00am in 40,199 polling stations amid tight security measures.
Over 600,000 security personnel, including members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Coast Guard, Ansar-VDP, Police and RAB, were deployed for guarding polling stations and maintain law and order on the polling day.
The army has also been deployed across the country to act as a striking force during the election.
“I completely reject these results,” Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain said at a news conference in Dhaka in the evening. “There has been a blatant violation of the public’s mandate.”
The Election Commission suspended voting in 22 polling centers following violence and irregularities.
A total of 1,841 candidates from the Grand Alliance, led by the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition alliance Jatiya Oikafront, led by BNP, contested in the election, 128 of whom were running independently.
More than 104 million people have been registered to vote in the general election to choose 299 representatives to parliament.
Voting in one constituency was suspended due to the death of a candidate.
Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina is poised to take the rein as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister again as her party won the most seats in Sunday’s general election, marred by opposition claims of rigged voting, and deadly violence between rival supporters.
The early results show, the party has taken a massive lead over its rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
The counting begun after voting ended at 4.00pm amid tensions in major political camps.
Early results show, the ruling Awami League (AL) won 210 parliamentary seats, its alliance partner Jatiya Party came second with 19 seats, BNP won six and others bagged nine seats.
She needed 151 seats out of total 300 parliamentary seats to govern the country for next five years.
With the 210 parliamentary seats, ruling Awami League, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, won the outright majority in the parliament, known as the Jatiya Sangsad.
Hasina, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office, cast her vote at the City College polling station in Dhaka in the morning, accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana and daughter Saima Wazed Hossain Putul.
“I am always confident about our victory in the election. I trust my people and I know that they will vote for us so that they can get a better life. We believe in democracy and we will accept the people’s mandate,” Hasina said after casting her vote.
The voting opened for the 11th parliamentary election at 8.00am in 40,199 polling stations amid tight security measures.
Over 600,000 security personnel, including members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Coast Guard, Ansar-VDP, Police and RAB, were deployed for guarding polling stations and maintain law and order on the polling day.
The army has also been deployed across the country to act as a striking force during the election.
“I completely reject these results,” Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain said at a news conference in Dhaka in the evening. “There has been a blatant violation of the public’s mandate.”
The Election Commission suspended voting in 22 polling centers following violence and irregularities.
A total of 1,841 candidates from the Grand Alliance, led by the ruling Awami League (AL) and the opposition alliance Jatiya Oikafront, led by BNP, contested in the election, 128 of whom were running independently.
More than 104 million people have been registered to vote in the general election to choose 299 representatives to parliament.
Voting in one constituency was suspended due to the death of a candidate.
