Amid opposition boycott Hasina re-elected in Bangladesh polls

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s Awami League registered a resounding victory in the Bangladesh elections which were boycotted by the opposition parties.

Voting was held in Bangladesh on Sunday to elect the new Prime Minister. According to the results that have come out after this, once again the command of Bangladesh has gone to Sheikh Hasina. Hasina has won the election for the fifth time in the elections held on Sunday. However, due to the election boycott by the opposition, voting remained very low.

According to the information given by the spokesperson of Bangladesh Election Commission, the turnout was very low due to the opposition not participating in the elections and the boycott of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

Election officials said that the reports so far show that this time around 40 percent voting has taken 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. An Election Commission spokesperson said counting of votes was underway and Hasina's ruling Awami League had won more than 50 percent of the seats.

After the power of Bangladesh once again went to the ruling party Awami League, the main opposition party, which was already boycotting the elections, has attacked Sheikh Hasina. The opposition has accused Sheikh Hasina of ruining the country as well as rigging the elections. The opposition has also accused the Hasina government of large-scale human rights violations in the country and a ruthless crackdown on the opposition.

Giving information to the media, the Election Commission said that except for some sporadic incidents of violence at one or two places, voting was largely peaceful in 299 out of 300 constituencies of the country. 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.

According to the news of Bangladeshi BDNews24, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has once again registered a spectacular victory from the parliamentary seat of Gopalganj-3. This is his eighth victory on this seat since 1986. Hasina got 2,49,96 votes, while her nearest rival and Bangladesh Supreme Party's M Nizam Uddin Lashkar could get only 469 votes.

76 year old Sheikh Hasina has been in power in Bangladesh continuously 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.