All 300 directly elected seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered
104,156,269
Turnout
80.20% (61.29pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Sheikh Hasina
HM Ershad
Khaleda Zia
Party
AL
JP(E)
BNP
Alliance
Grand Alliance
Grand Alliance
Jatiya Oikya Front
Last election
72.14%, 234 seats
7.00%, 34 seats
Boycotted
Seats won
257
26
7
Seat change
23
8
7
Popular vote
63,523,066
4,443,351
11,113,253
Percentage
74.63%
5.22%
13.06%
Swing
2.49pp
1.78pp
13.06pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Sheikh Hasina
AL
Subsequent Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina
AL
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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad.[1] The result was another landslide victory for the Awami League-led Grand Alliance led by Sheikh Hasina. The elections were marred by violence, and were widely considered by opposition politicians and the international community to be rigged.
According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair.[2] BBC News, among others, observed some apparent vote rigging by the Awami League.[3] Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country."[4][5] The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time.[6]
^EC reschedules election date to December 30 Dhaka Tribune, 12 November 2018
^Riaz, Ali (21 September 2020). "The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh". Democratization. 28: 179–197. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1818069. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 224958514.
^Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister". BBC News. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^"PM Hasina's Awami League registers landslide victory in Bangladesh". The Times of India. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^"In A First, Electronic Voting Machines For Bangladesh General Elections". NDTV. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
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