The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a majority of more than two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary polls, the Election Commission said on Friday.
Election Commission figures said the BNP alliance had won 212 seats, compared with 77 for the Islamist-led Jamaat-e-Islami alliance, Commission senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed told reporters.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman and election candidate Tarique Rahman (L) greets his supporters as leaves his residence in Dhaka on February 13, 2026 a day after Bangladesh's general election. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed a thumping win on February 13 in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Turnout was 59 percent. A referendum on a sweeping democratic charter was endorsed by 60 percent of voters.