The Awami League and its allies were successful in winning 223 of the 300 parliamentary seats that were up for election, which means that Ms. Hasina will continue to serve in office for another five years.

As a result of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the most prominent opposition party, abstaining from the election, it is anticipated that Ms. Hasina’s party and its allies will also win the remaining seats.

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It was stated by the BNP that the poll was a hoax.

Following a large-scale arrest of BNP officials and sympathizers, the result was announced on Sunday.

There was a low voter participation of approximately forty percent, according to official data; however, skeptics argue that even those numbers may be overstated. Compared to the last recent election, which took place in 2018, the voter turnout was higher than 80 percent.

Pooriul Alam Majumder, a political expert, stated to the BBC that the electoral commission was exaggerating the number of people who participated in the poll. “From different sources and media reports, we have seen that the turnout (provided by the election commission) doesn’t match with the reality,” stated the commissioner.

In the election, 45 seats were won by independent candidates, practically all of them were members of the Awami League itself. The Jatiya Party got eight seats. At a later time on Monday, the results are anticipated to be made publically available.

In total, this is the fifth term that Ms. Hasina has served as Prime Minister. She was first elected to the position in 1996, and she was re-elected in 2009, and she has remained in power ever since.

During the process of casting her vote, she stated to the reporters, “I am doing everything in my power to make sure that democracy is maintained in this country.”

Ms. Hasina had urged party leaders and followers not to hold victory processions or engage in celebrations, according to Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of the Awami League, who communicated this information to the media.

After an opposition march on October 28 turned violent, resulting in the deaths of at least 16 people and injuries to more than 5,500 others, Human Rights Watch (HRW) believes that approximately 10,000 activists were arrested as a result of the incident. The administration was accused of “filling prisons with political opponents of the ruling Awami League,” according to another accusation.