Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a document fourth straight time period as her Awami League celebration gained two-thirds of the seats within the normal elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the principle opposition BNP and its allies.
Hasina’s celebration gained 200 seats within the 300-seat parliament whereas counting remains to be underway after the top of the day-long voting on Sunday.
“We are able to name Awami League winner with the already out there outcomes however the last announcement will probably be made after the top of the counting of votes in the remainder of the constituencies, an election fee spokesman instructed reporters.
Hasina gained the Gopalganj-3 seat for the eighth time since 1986. She bagged 249,965 votes whereas her nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lashkar from the Bangladesh Supreme Social gathering secured simply 469 votes.
The 76-year-old chief, who has been ruling the strategically situated South Asian nation since 2009, secured a document fourth consecutive time period and fifth total time period within the one-sided election, which witnessed a low turnout.
In the meantime, members of the BNP Standing Committee described the twelfth parliamentary election as a pretend one.
Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan mentioned: This isn’t an election. It’s a pretend election. The report on this election will come out in all of the media within the nation and overseas.
Concerning the celebration’s programmes after the polls, he mentioned: “We now have to attend for a day for the programme after the polls. The BNP is struggling to deliver again the democratic rights of individuals by peaceable motion involving folks. Till this proper is realised, the BNP will proceed the systematic wrestle on the streets.
He claimed BNP leaders had collected footage of assorted polling stations since polling began within the morning, and there have been no voters.
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First Printed: Jan 08 2024 | 12:05 AM IST
