Dhaka: The Awami League (AL) has
secured majority in the 10th parliamentary election of Bangladesh, winning 105
seats out of the 147 seats up for election Sunday, media reported.
The Election Commission has
received final results of 139 seats out of the 147 in 159 districts where vote
was held, as 153 others had returned uncontested winners. Jatiya Party won 13 seats,
Workers Party got four seats and JaSaD seats, Twarikat Federation and BNF won
one seat each, bdnews24.com reported citing results announced by the poll
panel.
A total of 13 independent
candidates have been elected. Almost all of them are Awami League leaders. Of the 153 uncontested
candidates, 125 belong to Awami League, 20 to Jatiyta Party (Ershad), three to
JaSaD, 2 to Workers' Party and 1 to Jatiya Party (Manju). In all, Awami League’s 232
candidates have been elected uncontested. The number for Jatiya Party is 33,
Workers Party’s 6 and JaSaD’s 5.
Re-election will be held in the
remaining constituencies where voting was suspended due to violence. This means the Awami League is
going to form the next government with absolute majority. The party's allies
Workers Party and JaSaD also won 11 seats. The Opposition-boycotted vote
was held amid its strike and blockade Sunday, when at least 21 people died.
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