Vote counting is underway in Bangladesh following the country’s first national election since student-led protests ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024. More than 2,000 candidates contested parliamentary seats, but none represented Hasina’s now-banned Awami League. The election featured a contest between the centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a coalition led by the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami, which allied with a party formed from the student uprising. Results are expected on Friday.
Alongside the parliamentary vote, citizens participated in a referendum on constitutional reforms proposed by the interim government, which described the existing political system as completely broken. Nearly one million police and soldiers were deployed nationwide to ensure security during the polls.
Interim leader Muhammad Yunus, who cast his vote in Dhaka, said the country had ended a nightmare and begun a new dream. BNP’s Tarique Rahman and Jamaat’s Shafiqur Rahman also voted in the capital, marking a symbolic moment in Bangladesh’s post-uprising political transition.
Votes are being counted in Bangladesh after the country held its first election since student-led protests ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024. More than 2,000 candidates are vying for a seat in parliament, though none from Hasina's now-
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