a hundred and fifty two of the parliamentary seats declared so far, a simple majority. this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process wasa sham. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. the results of these elections come as no real surprise. prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there going to be some questions about whether the results actually reflect the will of the people. the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying that they didn t believe that the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy amongst voters because the main opposition party wasn t on the ballot. in terms of choices of who to vote for. you coul
this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process wasa sham. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events for us in dhaka. the results of these elections come as no real surprise. prime minister sheikh hasina was all but guaranteed a win. but now there going to be some questions about whether the results actually reflect the will of the people. the country s main opposition party were boycotting the elections, saying that they didn t believe that the government could hold free and fair elections. they also encouraged their supporters not to go out and vote. then there was this general sense of apathy amongst voters because the main opposition party wasn t on the ballot. in terms of choices of who to vote for. you could either vote for the ruling party, or you could vote for an independent candidate, mos
this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process was a sham. for more analysis we will speak to the head of the thomas law school. what does this election actually mean 21 considering the controversy around? $5 a the controversy around? as a matter of the controversy around? as a matter of background, - the controversy around? sis . matter of background, since independence the conduct of free and fair elections in bangladesh has proven to be contentious issue. there has been a sense of great mistrust amongst major political parties in the country with respect to conducting free, fair and impartial general elections. and it is for this reason in 1996 the two major political parties of the countries including the ruling party and the bangladesh national party reached a consensus which led to the incorporation of the system of n
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