{"id":8572,"date":"2024-01-08T06:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T06:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=8572"},"modified":"2024-01-08T06:29:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T06:29:03","slug":"bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-secures-4th-straight-term-in-polls-amid-boycott-by-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-secures-4th-straight-term-in-polls-amid-boycott-by-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina secures 4th straight term in polls amid boycott by Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAN 08, 2024 : With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Awami\u00a0<\/span>League\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>winning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>overwhelming\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>general\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>tainted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intermittent\u00a0<\/span>violence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>boycott\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BNP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>allies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladeshi\u00a0<\/span>Prime\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Sheikh\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Hasina<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>earned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>record\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fourth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>consecutive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>office.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>223\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>gained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hasina’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>300-seat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>299\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>candidate’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>death\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>resulted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>postponed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>per\u00a0<\/span><\/span>media\u00a0<\/span>sources.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Party,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>biggest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>11\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seats;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bangladesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kallyan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seat;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>62\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>went\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>independent\u00a0<\/span>candidates.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Each\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>got\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seat:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Workers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jatiya\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Samajtantrik\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hasina,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seventy-six.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Awami\u00a0<\/span>League\u00a0<\/span><\/span>president,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gopalganj-3\u00a0<\/span><\/span>constituency\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resounding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victory,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>seventh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliament.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>With\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>second-lowest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>turnout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>restored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1991,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hasina,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>ruled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strategically\u00a0<\/span>positioned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>South\u00a0<\/span>Asian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2009,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>record-breaking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fourth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>straight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fifth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>term\u00a0<\/span><\/span>overall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lopsided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contentious\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>1996,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>turnout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>26.5%,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>lowest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh’s\u00a0<\/span>history.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Election\u00a0<\/span>Commission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anticipated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>final\u00a0<\/span>tally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>might\u00a0<\/span>stand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>40%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>voting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>closed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>4:00\u00a0<\/span>pm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>13%\u00a0<\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>turnout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hour.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3:00\u00a0<\/span>pm,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>turnout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>27.15\u00a0<\/span><\/span>percent.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Hasina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>likely\u00a0<\/span>become\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>longest-serving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prime\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>independence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>victory.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nationalist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BNP),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>former\u00a0<\/span>prime\u00a0<\/span>minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khaleda\u00a0<\/span>Zia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abstained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>voting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>strike\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>election\u00a0<\/span>day,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stepping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nonviolent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>public\u00a0<\/span>engagement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>starting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>branding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>polls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“fake.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>participation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>boycott\u00a0<\/span><\/span>campaign\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effective.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>initiative,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>right\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vote\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>created\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peaceful\u00a0<\/span><\/span>democratic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expedited.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>results\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>polls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pitted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Awami\u00a0<\/span>League\u00a0<\/span><\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“independents”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>didn’t\u00a0<\/span>seem\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>electorate.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>response\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BNP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>call\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>boycott\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>run-up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>election,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hasina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allegedly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tactics,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pressure.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Tens\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>thousands\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opposition\u00a0<\/span>politicians\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>supporters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>detained\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hasina’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>human\u00a0<\/span>rights\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>denounced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>immobilise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opposition.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>appear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>competitive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>participatory,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hasina\u00a0<\/span><\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>volunteers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>run\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>independent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>She\u00a0<\/span><\/span>went\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tight-knit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seat-sharing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arrangement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jatiya\u00a0<\/span>Party\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>allies.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>surprising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>triumphs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>independent\u00a0<\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>fundamentally\u00a0<\/span>changed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>landscape,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>raising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>possibility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span>phase\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intraparty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rivalry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ruling\u00a0<\/span>party.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>By\u00a0<\/span><\/span>casting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>votes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Awami\u00a0<\/span>League\u00a0<\/span><\/span>General\u00a0<\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Obaidul\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Quader,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>rejected\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>boycott\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>election\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BNP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jamaat-e-Islami.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sincerely\u00a0<\/span>thank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>braved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>fear\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>vandalism,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>arson,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrorism\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>participate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12th\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>parliamentary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Quader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Despite the largely peaceful voting, officials and the mainstream media reported at least 18 arson attacks across the country since late Friday, with 10 of them targeting polling places. As Bangladesh steps into this new term under the Awami League’s governance, the reshaping of the Opposition poses critical questions about the future of the country’s parliamentary dynamics and political balance, bdnews newspaper said.<\/p>\n

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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina secures 4th straight term in polls amid boycott by Opposition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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