Sheikh Hasina will once again sit at the helm of power in Bangladesh.
He has won the election for a record fifth time in the elections held on Sunday. However, due to the election boycott by the opposition, voting remained very low.
Election officials say that preliminary reports show that this time around 40 percent voting took place, although this is not the final figure yet.
The opposition had demanded Hasina to resign before the elections, which she refused to accept. After which the opposition went on a 48-hour strike.
Vote counting is ongoing and Hasina’s ruling Awami League has “won more than 50 percent of the seats,” an election commission spokesman told AFP.
Bangladesh election officials said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth term.
On the other hand, while boycotting the elections, the main opposition party accused Sheikh Hasina’s government of ruining the country.
He had demanded PM Sheikh Hasina to resign before the election was rigged, but she did not do so. The opposition said that the Hasina government has committed large-scale human rights violations in the country and a ruthless crackdown on the opposition.
Haseena’s great seat from Gopalganj seat
According to the news of BDNews24, Hasina again registered a landslide victory in Gopalganj-3 parliamentary seat. This is his eighth victory on this seat since 1986.
Hasina got 2,49,965 votes, while her nearest rival and Bangladesh Supreme Party’s M Nizam Uddin Lashkar got only 469 votes.
Hasina has been in power since 2009
The reins of power in Bangladesh are in the hands of Hasina (76) since 2009. This time, she is going to get her fourth consecutive term in a one-sided election.
This will be his fifth term so far. His party Awami League’s general secretary Obaidul Qadir claimed that people have rejected the election boycott of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami by voting.
Qadir said, I thank those who braved the fear of vandalism, arson and terrorism to vote in the 12th national parliamentary elections.
Much less voting compared to 2018
Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Habibul Awal said that according to initial estimates the turnout was around 40 percent, but this figure may change. The overall voter turnout in the 2018 general elections was more than 80 percent.
Earlier, an Election Commission spokesperson said, “Polling ended at 4 pm and counting of votes had started.” He said that the complete results are expected by early Monday morning. He said that voting has been postponed at seven polling stations due to irregularities.
Voting remained calm in 299 constituencies out of 300.
The Election Commission said that apart from some isolated incidents of violence, polling was largely peaceful in 299 constituencies out of 300. Voting for one seat will be conducted later due to the death of a candidate.
According to reports, polling was canceled at two polling stations, one in Narsingdi and one in Narayanganj. The Election Commission has ordered the arrest of the son of Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmood Humayun on allegations of election rigging in Narsingdi.
Where did the clashes take place in the elections?
On the other hand, bullets were fired during a clash between supporters of two candidates contesting from Chittagong-10 seat. Two people, 24-year-old Shanto Barua and 35-year-old Jamal, were shot and taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Two people were injured after a clash broke out between supporters of an Awami League candidate and an independent candidate at a polling booth in Sharishabari, Jamalpur.
Four people, including a child, were injured when two crude bombs exploded near a polling booth in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh.
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