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Bangladesh : Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday claimed victory in the crucial general elections, marred by sporadic incidents of violence, to elect a new government to replace the interim administration, which took charge after the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP is set to form the government after victory in the majority of seats,\u201d BNP\u2019s media cell posted on x.<\/p>\n

The Election Commission (EC) is yet to make a formal announcement.<\/p>\n

According to multiple media reports, EC is expected to declare BNP the winner in the general elections with tallies in predawn hours on Friday, suggesting it got majority seats in parliament.<\/p>\n

Different media tallies suggested BNP received more than 151 seats in the 300-seat parliament on Thursday\u2019s daylong voting, fair enough to form the next government, ending the 18-month rule of Muhammad Yunus-led interim government.<\/p>\n

According to an EC spokesperson, the results in several seats are still being processed and are likely to be announced in a few hours.<\/p>\n

The election is seen as a direct contest between the BNP and its former ally Jamaat-e-Islami, in the absence of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina\u2019s now debarred Awami League.<\/p>\n

The voting for the 13th parliamentary elections was held along with a referendum on the implementation of a complex 84-point reform package, known as the July National Charter.<\/p>\n

BNP was in power last time between 2001 and 2006 when Jamaat was its crucial partner, with two of its leaders serving as ministers.<\/p>\n

Jamaat has raised allegations of \u201cabnormal delays\u201d and \u201cresult tampering,\u201d warning that it would launch a tough movement if the public mandate were \u201csnatched away\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at the Election Commission building early morning, Jamaat\u2019s assistant secretary general Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair alleged that returning officers were intentionally delaying results to favour a \u201cparticular party.\u201d The BNP had earlier announced that if it wins the election, then its chairman and former premier Khaleda Zia\u2019s son, Tarique Rahman, would be the next prime minister of Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

If the party wins, Rahman will be Bangladesh\u2019s first male prime minister in 35 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are confident of forming the government by winning more than two-thirds of seats,\u201d BNP\u2019s central election steering committee spokesman Mahdi Amin told a media briefing in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n

Rahman, who returned to Bangladesh in December last year after over 17 years in self-exile, asked party leaders and activists to offer special prayers across the country after mid-day \u2018Juma\u2019 prayers instead of holding victory rallies.<\/p>\n

The EC was yet to announce the voter turnout figure. It dismissed allegations of manipulation regarding voters\u2019 appearances in polling centres.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were debates over turnout percentages in past elections as well. Please don\u2019t question it now,\u201d Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasur Uddin told a reporter on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

He said variations were natural as results from several thousand polling centres arrived at different times.<\/p>\n

EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Thursday said 47.91 per cent of voters had cast ballots by 2 pm on Thursday at 36,031 of the 42,651 polling centres.<\/p>\n

More than 2,000 candidates, including a number of independents, were in the fray for 299 of the 300 parliamentary constituencies that went to the polls. Polling for one seat was postponed due to the death of a candidate.<\/p>\n

The Election Commission made elaborate security arrangements for the elections, deploying nearly 1 million security personnel the largest-ever in the country\u2019s electoral history.<\/p>\n

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