Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina Wajid won for the fifth time in the general elections

Dhaka: (Web Desk) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid won for the fifth time in the general elections held yesterday.

According to media reports, referring to the spokesperson of the Election Commission of Bangladesh, it has been said that the ruling party of Sheikh Hasina Wajid Awami League has won the elections. According to the results of the elections held on Sunday, Hasina Wajid's party Awami League and its allied parties won at least 223 seats out of 300 parliamentary seats. . According to the report, the percentage of voting in the general elections held yesterday in Bangladesh was 50% less than the previous general elections, in 2018 the percentage of voting was 80% and in the current election it was only 40%.According to the report, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the largest opposition party of the country, while boycotting the general elections, appealed to the people to boycott the election process due to which the voter turnout in the general elections was low. The report noted that a large number of voters in Bangladesh supported the opposition's boycott campaign, which drew attention to a major crackdown by the government before the elections. Additionally, former Bangladesh captain and famous cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is also among those who won seats in the Bangladesh People's Party elections. It should be remembered that prior to this election there were large-scale arrests of leaders and supporters of the main opposition party, the BNP.