Majumder also pointed to ‘desperate efforts’ by the Bangladesh Election Commission to up the voter turnout statistics in ‘a rather strange way’. The ‘Independent’ candidates of the Awami League have won nearly six times as many seats as the Jatiya Party at 61. The Awami League has secured an absolute majority with 223 out of 299 constituencies. Hasina, after casting her ballot in the morning, said she had no doubt that the Awami League would win. “Some of the independents may not join the Awami League, but most of them will.

Source: bd News24 January 08, 2024 16:21 UTC