US EditionBangladesh to hold national elections in February, the first since 2024 mass uprising
Bangladesh will hold its 13th parliamentary election and a referendum on the 'July Charter' reforms, with nearly 128 million voters eligible to participate, officials said.
- Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on February 12, its first national vote since a deadly student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India last year.
- The vote will run alongside a referendum on implementing the so-called "July Charter", a state reform plan drafted in the aftermath of the unrest.
- Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party is widely seen as the frontrunner, competing alongside the Jamaat-e-Islami party, which has returned to electoral politics after the interim government eased restrictions.
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The president of the electoral commission announced the electoral calendar. 29 December is the deadline for applications; the final list will be published on 21 January. The Awami League, excluded from the race: "illegal" Commission. John Gomes (BNP): "Free and fair elections."The ballot boxes are evidence for the future of the country.
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