Staff Reporter:
Voting in the 13th National Parliamentary Election concluded peacefully across the country, with the Election Commission (EC) assuring that the official gazette notification of the results will be published quickly following the announcement of final outcomes.
EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed made the remarks at a press conference on Friday (13 February).
According to EC sources, the gazette may be issued as early as today.
Earlier, the Election Commission announced the unofficial results of 297 parliamentary seats out of the 299 where elections were held in a free and fair manner. It, however, postponed announcement of results in two seats – Chattogram-2 and Chattogram-4.
However, voting in Sherpur-3 constituency was postponed due to death of a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate.
According to the unofficial results, the BNP bagged 209 seats alone while its alliance partners Gano Odhikar Parishad one, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) one and Gano Sanghati Andalon one.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats alone emerging as the main opposition party while its alliance partners National Citizen Party (NCP) won six seats, Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis two and Khelafat Majlish one.
Islami Andolon Bangladesh bagged one seat and independent candidates won in seven constituencies.
According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout in the parliamentary polls was recorded 59.44 percent while it was 60.26 in the referendum. The referendum witnessed 4,80,74,429 ‘Yes’ votes and 2,25,65,627 ‘No’ votes.
