Bangladesh 2024 Election Highlights: Reelected for 5th term, PM Sheikh Hasina

Providing Live Updates on the Bangladesh Elections 2024: Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was re-elected for a fifth term in the national elections that were held on Sunday. On the other hand, Khaleda Zia, the current prisoner and former prime minister of Bangladesh, decided not to run in the elections for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

According to the Daily Star, the Awami League, which is Sheikh Hasina’s political party, has won a fourth straight term in the 12th parliamentary election. This election also marked the second-lowest voter turnout since the reinstatement of democracy in 1991 by a significant margin.

Live updates on Bangladesh elections 2024: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma wishes Sheikh Hasina well on PM Modi’s behalf.

Pranay Verma, the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, paid a visit to Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and extended his warmest condolences and congratulations to her on her election victory. He did this on behalf of the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He expressed the expectation that during the new term of her government, there will be even more impetus and expansion in the bilateral partnership in support of each other’s national development for the following reasons: ANI’s sources of information

Live updates on Bangladesh elections 2024: The Election Commission says Hasina wins 75% of seats.

After the opposition boycotted the elections as a “sham,” election officials announced on Monday that Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a fifth term in power, with her party securing three-quarters of seats in parliament. This news came after the opposition referred to the elections as a “sham.”

“The Awami League has won the election,” stated Moniruzzaman Talukder, a joint secretary of the Election Commission, a day after the opposition boycotted the poll. Initial figures suggested that only about forty percent of the population participated in the election.

Although Talukder said that Hasina’s party had won 223 seats, observers believe that Hasina’s actual authority over the 300 seats in parliament is even greater. This is because Hasina’s party received backing from other parliamentarians, including those from closely affiliated parties.

A representative from Illinois State University named Ali Riaz told the Associated Press that “this is a one-party parliament,” and he went on to say that “only the allies of the Awami League had the opportunity to participate.”

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An opposition outcry, strikes, and bans are erupting in the run-up to the elections in Bangladesh, where the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office and a fifth overall term in office. At the same time, a nation of 170 million people is getting ready for the 12th general election in Bangladesh.

After Sheikh Hasina’s win, the internet responds

“Despite the fact that she was subjected to political arrests, atrocities, and other breaches of human rights, Sheikh Hasina went ahead and declared her win in the Bangladesh elections. It is not possible to have elections without opposition; the referendum was the only possible option. “Muhammed Faisal, a user of X, stated that the international community will not acknowledge it as a legitimate election.”

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“Despite the fact that she was subjected to political arrests, atrocities, and other breaches of human rights, Sheikh Hasina went ahead and declared her win in the Bangladesh elections. It is not possible to have elections without opposition; the referendum was the only possible option. “Muhammed Faisal, a user of X, stated that the international community will not acknowledge it as a legitimate election.”

Bangladesh Elections 2024: Hasina wins re-election without opposition

Following a boycott that was organized by an opposition party that she referred to as a “terrorist organization,” Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ultimately successful in her bid for re-election for a fifth term on Sunday, according to officials.

An Election Commission spokesman told AFP in the early hours of Monday morning that Hasina’s ruling Awami League “has won the election.” This statement was made after a vote that earlier reports claimed had a meager turnout of approximately forty percent.

She has presided over a nation that has seen rapid economic growth despite having previously experienced chronic poverty. However, her government has been accused of massive human rights abuses and a brutal opponent crackdown.

Bangladesh Elections 2024: Hasina wins a huge majority as the opposition boycotts the election, calling it unfair.

After a violent campaign and a boycott by the main opposition party, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was able to win an overwhelming majority in the parliamentary election. This victory granted her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term in office.

It has been claimed by television stations and networks of journalists across the country that the Awami League won 216 seats out of 299, despite the fact that the Election Commission has been tardy to release the results of the election that took place on Sunday. Independent candidates won 52 seats, while the Jatiya Party—the third-largest party in the nation—won 11 seats. In the late hours of Sunday night, the results for the remaining constituencies were still being added to the total.

The election was held in 299 of the 300 seats that are available in the parliament. After the passing of an independent candidate, the election was postponed in accordance with the legislation in one of the remaining seats.