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Polls open for Bangladesh’s first election since the 2024 uprising that ousted Hasina
More than 127 million voters, including 5 million first-timers, choose lawmakers amid a referendum on major constitutional reforms, with BNP and Islamist bloc as main contenders.
- On Thursday, Bangladesh held a parliamentary election under interim government head Muhammad Yunus, with around 500 international observers monitoring the process, and results expected Friday.
- Following the 2024 uprising that toppled the government, this vote is the first since Sheikh Hasina fled into exile in India and her party was banned, with young voters expected to influence the outcome.
- More than 127 million people are eligible to vote, including some 5 million first-time voters, and security was tight at tens of thousands of polling stations; the Election Commission recently postponed voting in one constituency after a candidate died.
- Having returned from self-exile in December, Rahman is a main candidate who pledges to rebuild institutions and support a referendum on political reforms, including prime ministerial term limits.
- Challenging the BNP is an 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami, whose rise fuels concern among women and minority communities in Bangladesh, more than 90% Muslim and around 8% Hindu.
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Great Yorkshire RadioBangladesh votes in first general election since bloody ousting of Sheikh Hasina
More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in the contest that pits the Bangladesh Nationalist Party against its former ally the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami.
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