Bangladesh Poll Boycott

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  Bangladesh Counts Votes After Election Without Opposition

  Bangladeshi election officials counted votes Sunday after polls guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina closed, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a "terrorist organisation".

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  Bangladesh Registers 40% Voter Turnout Amid Opposition Boycott, Counting Begins

  Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP

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  "Terrorist Organisation": Bangladesh PM Attacks Opposition Over Poll Boycott

  Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the main party boycotting Sunday's national elections was a "terrorist organisation", adding that she was trying to ensure her country remained democratic.

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  Main Bangladesh Opposition Party Boycotts Election, Poll Body Chief Reacts

  Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday said that the voting set for Sunday's general election lacked completeness since a major opposition party was not participating.

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  PM Hasina Likely To Win 4th Straight Term As Bangladesh Votes Amid Strike, Arson

  Voting for the 12th general election in Bangladesh began today amid a boycott and strike by the main opposition party. There have also been incidents of arson, including at least five schools and a train being set ablaze.

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  Bangladesh Ruling Party Declared Winner After Poll Boycott

  Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party was declared the winner of mayoral elections on Wednesday after the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the polls, claiming they were rigged.

• Bangladesh ruling party wins poll hit by violence, boycott

  Bangladesh's ruling Awami League won a violence-plagued parliamentary election whose outcome was never in doubt after a boycott by the main opposition party.

• Voter turnout low due to boycott: Bangladesh poll panel

  The turnout in Bangladesh's 10th parliamentary elections is low because several parties chose not to contest in it, the Election Commission said on Sunday.

• Bangladesh ruling party poised to cruise as opposition boycotts poll

  With a brass band, horse-drawn carriages and political posters flapping overhead, the rally in an old section of the Bangladesh capital had all the trappings of a spirited election.

• Bangladesh Opposition confirms poll boycott on deadline day

  Bangladesh's 18-party opposition coalition confirmed on Monday it would boycott a general election scheduled for January.