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Awami League sweeps B'desh polls
Awami League sweeps B'desh polls, Awami League, General Elections in Bangladesh. A total of 390 candidates, mostly from the Awami League and its ally Jatiya Party, contested from 147 seats where the number of voters was nearly 44 million.
Dhaka : The ruling Awami League swept the General Elections in Bangladesh which were marred by deadly clashes, a low turnout and a boycott by opposition parties, even as 21 people were killed in poll-related violence.
According to media reports, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League won 95 seats out of the 147 up for elections. Jatiya Party (JP) secured 12 seats while 13 seats went to smaller parties or independent candidates.
Hasina won from Gopalganj and Rangpur constituencies. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia boycotted the polls after her arch-rival and Prime Minister Hasina rejected the opposition's demand for a neutral caretaker regime for election oversight.
A total of 390 candidates, mostly from the Awami League and its ally Jatiya Party, contested from 147 seats where the number of voters was nearly 44 million.
"The party which will win the election will form the government and run the country," top Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed said.
The BNP said the people have said no to the "one-sided" polls. "People have rejected the government by saying no to its expectation of clutching to power through the one-sided election," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said soon after polling ended.
