Bangladesh Election Results 2026 LIVE Updates: PM Modi congratulates Tarique Rahman, says: ‘Will continue to support democratic, inclusive Bangladesh’
Bangladesh Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Vote counting for the high-stakes election is underway in Bangladesh. The BNP and its allies are leading in 181 out of the total 299 seats. This is the first election after the 2024 ouster of long-time PM Sheikh Hasina. The BNP’s Morshed Milton won Khaleda Zia’s seat Bogra-7, while Zia’s son Tarique Rahman won the two seats — Dhaka 17 and Bogra 6 — which he contested. Rahman is the frontrunner for the PM’s post.
With the Awami League barred from the election, the politics of Bangladesh has undergone a radical shift. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by the recently returned Rahman promising a “new path” focused on job creation and the rule of law. However, they faced a challenge from former allies Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and the youth-led National Citizen Party (NCP), which is now in alliance with Jamaat. The JIB has emerged as the second-largest party.
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This time, more than 2,000 candidates, including many independents, are vying for 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad, or House of the Nation. They are not related. Voting in one constituency has been postponed due to the death of a candidate. At least 50 parties are contesting in total, which is a national record.
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