US EditionBangladesh Elections: Hasina's Awami League Alleges Poll Malpractices Despite Being Banned
Sheikh Hasina calls the election unconstitutional and demands cancellation, resignation of interim adviser, and new neutral caretaker-led polls after alleged irregularities and voter suppression.
- On Feb 12, 2026, Sheikh Hasina rejected the parliamentary election as a `well-planned farce`, thanking citizens for rejecting the `farcical election` soon after polls closed at 4.30 pm.
- The Awami League, suspended political party, remains barred after the 2024 uprising, while Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government, organized the parliamentary poll.
- Sheikh Hasina cited irregularities from the evening of 11 February, with polling centres seized, gunfire, vote-buying, and 14.96 turnout at 11 am, showing low participation.
- The Awami League demanded cancellation of the vote, Muhammad Yunus's resignation, release of political prisoners and withdrawal of cases, while the contest narrowed to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and an 11-party alliance led by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman.
- Hasina flagged abnormal voter increases in Dhaka, calling the figures highly suspicious, while Yunus congratulated the nation on `the beginning of an unprecedented journey toward a new Bangladesh`.
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The HinduHasina slams Bangladesh elections as ‘well-planned farce’, demands 'free, fair and inclusive' polls
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Sheikh Hasina slams National Polls in Bangladesh, calls it "well-planned farce", demands reinstatement of party
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