US EditionPolls open for Bangladesh’s first election since the 2024 uprising that ousted Hasina
More than 127 million voters, including 5 million first-timers, participated under heavy security in the first election since the 2024 uprising, testing Bangladesh's democratic resilience.
- On Thursday, polls opened across Bangladesh for a nationwide parliamentary election, the first since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government collapsed in 2024, with balloting continuing through Thursday and results expected Friday.
- With Hasina in exile and her party banned from the vote, the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus oversees the election and referendum on the National Charter 2025.
- More than 127 million people are eligible to vote, and over 90% of the 42,779 polling centres have camera coverage with nearly 9.5 lakh security personnel deployed.
- Polling in one Sherpur constituency was postponed after a candidate died during the campaign, and three persons were injured in a crude bomb explosion at a polling centre in Gopalganj.
- Almost half the electorate is aged 18–35, with only 83 female candidates, while Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is viewed as a frontrunner.
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Bangladesh Holds First Election Since Violent Ouster of PM Hasina
Bangladesh on Thursday held its first general election since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by violent riots in August 2024. The post Bangladesh Holds First Election Since Violent Ouster of Prime Minister Hasina appeared first on Breitbart.
Bangladesh is holding parliamentary elections, the first since the 2024 uprising that ended the 15-year rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The main contenders in the elections are the nationalist BNP and the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami.
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