the turnout was low, standing at about a0%. the country s main opposition party did not participate, accusing the government of being unable to hold free and fair elections. human rights groups have reported a severe crackdown democratic freedoms ahead of the election, with nearly 10,000 activists arrested. and at least 14 polling stations were set on fire and a commuter train was allegedly set alight killing four passengers. 0ur south asia correspondent samira hussain has more. the result of these elections come as no real surprise, prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there are going to be questions about whether the results actually read back to the will of the people. the country s main opposition party will will boycott boycotting the election saying they could not believe the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged supporters not to go out and vote. then