{"id":290,"date":"2026-02-13T07:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/?p=290"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:36:44","slug":"bnp-wins-151-seats-in-bangladesh-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashgilnews.com\/english\/290\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP wins 151 seats in Bangladesh elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the general elections held in Bangladesh yesterday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won 151 seats out of 300, the majority needed to form the next government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The morning of the people of Bangladesh began with the news that the BNP is gaining the upper hand and is close to forming the next government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is being said that BNP leader Tariq Rahman can become the next prime minister of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a major turning point for him. In the last 2024 elections, he was in self-imposed exile and was in London and his party completely boycotted the elections, while thousands of workers and supporters were in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, thanks to the struggle of Bangladeshi students and youth, who ended Sheikh Hasina&#8217;s years-long authoritarian rule, Tariq Rahman can become the next leader of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Citizens Party (NCP) candidate Naheed Islam won the Dhaka 11 constituency in the election and has formed an alliance with Jamaat-e-Islami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to BBC Bangla, he has unofficially won and received a total of 93,872 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nearest rival, BNP candidate MA Qayyum, received 91,833 votes, 2,039 votes less than Naheed Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sharafuddin Ahmed Chowdhury announced the results on Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is being reported that 44.72 percent of the votes were cast in this constituency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the general elections held in Bangladesh yesterday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won 151 seats out of 300, the majority needed to form the next government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-bangladesh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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