Bangladesh Election Results Live Update 2024

Bangladesh election result live update: Finally, the much-discussed voting process is over in Bangladesh. Amid calls for a boycott by several opposition parties, including the BNP, Mereket saw a 30 percent turnout, which will make the ruling party and Election Commission uncomfortable.

However, beyond that, counting of votes is currently going on. The current indications are that Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is going to come back to power. It is basically counting to choose the opposition party.

Bangladesh Election Result 2024 Live Update

The voter turnout in Bangladesh was close to 30 percent amid unrest. As of 3:00 p.m., 27.1 percent votes have been cast. As of 4 pm, the percentage of votes cast has not yet been tallied. Khulna Division received the highest number of votes up to three – 32 percent.

Then Barisal division – 31 percent. Moreover, 25 percent votes were cast in Dhaka Division, 27 percent in Chittagong Division, 22 percent in Sylhet Division, 26 percent in Rajshahi Division and 26 percent in Rangpur Division.

The total number of voters in the 12th National Assembly election is 11 crore 96 lakh 91 thousand 633 people. There were 5 crore 89 lakh 19 thousand 202 female voters and 6 crore 7 lakh 71 thousand 579 male voters among them. Besides, there are 582 voters of the third gender. A total of 1 thousand 895 candidates participated in the election. Among them 382 independent candidates.

The EC Secretary said that polling in seven centers of the country has been canceled due to fraudulent voting and vandalism. One person was killed. 15 people have been arrested. So far there has been no major vandalism.

What Does the International Observer Team Say?

The polling of the 12th parliamentary elections ended peacefully except for a few isolated incidents. Polling was held simultaneously in 42 thousand 103 centers of the country in a festive atmosphere from 8 am to 4 pm on Sunday. Counting of votes has already started.

The representatives of various countries including USA, Germany, Ireland who came to watch the vote expressed their satisfaction with the overall atmosphere of the vote.

They said that after visiting seven or eight polling stations, they were very satisfied and optimistic about the election of Bangladesh after seeing the presence of so many voters and the peaceful atmosphere in the polling stations.

They congratulated the Bangladesh government after seeing the presence of 40 to 70 percent voters outside the capital. The observer group of the United States, Germany and Ireland also said that the matter will be presented internationally.

Out of 44 registered political parties in the country, 28 parties participated in the polls. Like-minded 16 political parties including BNP boycotted the vote. Polling has been suspended in one seat due to the death of an independent candidate.

Conclusion

Finally, the whole country is waiting to know the final result and it will be published shortly. Actually, Sheikh Hasina has led exceptional economic growth in a once poverty-stricken country, but her government has been accused of widespread human rights abuses and brutal repression of the opposition.