Bangladesh elections: BNP confidently wins landmark vote

Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins clear majority of parliamentary seats

With voter turnout of 59.44%, Bangladesh's Election Commission has announced the parliamentary seat distribution as:

• Bangladesh Nationalist Party: 209 seats

• Jamaat-e-Islami: 68 seats

• National Citizen Party: 6 seats

• Independent: 7 seats

• Others: 5 seats

• 2 seats withheld for legal reasons

• 1 seat postponed following the death of a candidate

Expected alliances will bring a BNP-led group to 212 seats and a group led by Jamaat-e-Islami to 77.

According to initial results from the Election Commission, of 297 seats, BNP won 209 seats on its own.

BNP's allies Ganosamhati Andolan, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Gono Odhikar Parishad won one seat each.

Election Commission figures showed Jamaat secured 68 seats on its own. Its allies National Citizen Party bagged six seats, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis two, and Khelafat Majlis one seat.

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