Sheikh Hasina wins Bangladesh polls for 5th time, securing 60% Parliament seats

• PM Sheikh Hasina wins re-election for a 5th term, securing atleast 60% parliment seats
• PM Hasina re-elected to parliament from Gopalganj-3 constituency
• The electoral process witnessed intermittent violence and absence of primary opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League, has secured her re-election in the Gopalganj-3 constituency, clinching a sweeping triumph in the general elections. The electoral process, however, faced challenges with intermittent violence and the conspicuous absence of the primary opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

PM Sheikh Hasina won a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance in this general election.  

The BNP, which also boycotted the 2014 poll but took part in 2018, has asked people to shun the poll and called a two-day strike nationwide from Saturday.

Bangladesh on Sunday began voting in the 12th general elections at 8 am local time and continued till 4 pm.