Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won the reelection for a fifth term in the national election that were conducted on Sunday amidst the boycott by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP led by former PM Khaleda Zia who is currently in jailSheikh Hasinas party Awami League has won a fourth consecutive term in the 12th parliamentary election marking the second lowest voter turnout since the reinstatement of democracy in 1991 according to the Daily StarThe Awami League party hailed a significant victory for the fourth straight term with Sheikh Hasina returning to power despite the ongoing antielection activities by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP as reported by the Dhaka TribuneThe landslide victory that the AL helped itself win in yesterdays polls means Sheikh Hasina will further tighten her grip on power as she is poised to go in history as the longest serving prime minister in Bangladeshaccording to the Daily StarNotably the Awami League won in five constituencies amid a boycott by the opposition BNP and 15 other partiesAwami League chief Sheikh Hasina has instructed her party leaders workers and supporters not to hold any victory procession following the announcement of the results of the 12th general election Dhaka Tribune reportedPM Sheikh Hasina and Awami League president has won the Gopalganj3 constituency almost unopposed in a landslide victory bagging 249962 votes in Sundays 12th general election The total number of seats in this constituency is 108Earlier in the day Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader expressed confidence that the Boat would emerge victorious in this election the Dhaka Tribune reportedA victory of democracy and people of the country he saidThe election was held in a free fair and peaceful manner overcoming many obstacles They BNP wanted to confuse the international and national friends of Bangladesh by spreading propaganda he addedMeanwhile Awami League Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua highlighted that the turnout of voters in the 12th parliamentary election was satisfactory despite the terrorism and antielection activities of the BNPPM Hasina also accused the Bangladesh opposition party the Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP of inciting violence in the country and said that they are against the development of the peopleBangladesh is a sovereign country and people are my power she said after voting adding that she hoped her party would win the peoples mandate which would give it a fifth term since 1996PM said BNP and Jamat did several arsoning and various other violent activities such as burning train burning vehicle stopping peoples movementI would say that they do not believe in democracy they are not patriots and they are against the development of the people Moreover they dont want democracy to continueHasina 76 urged citizens to cast their ballots and show their faith in the democratic process branding the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP a terrorist organisation Al Jazeera reportedThe 12th national polls in Bangladesh ended on Sunday amidst a largely peaceful environmentHowever according to the Daily Star voters presence was noticeably low with many election centres hardly seeing any queues throughout the day In many centres election officials and polling agents sat idly with very little to doThe voting began at 8 am on Sunday at 261912 polling booths in 42024 voting centres and continued until 4 pm with 299 parliamentary seats up for election according to the Dhaka TribuneHighlighting the antielection activities by the opposition party incidents of violence were reported in different districts which left one person dead in Munshiganj and many others injured in different parts of the countryReportedly by the time the nation went to the polls yesterday over 27000 BNP leaders and activists were rounded up and over 1700 were sentenced to jail in political cases in just about two months according to Daily StarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever