Bangladeshis Head to Polls in National Parliament Election
Over 127 million registered voters are expected to participate in the massive democratic exercise, which kicked off at 7:30 a.m. local time across more than 42,000 polling centers nationwide. Voting will conclude at 4:30 p.m. local time, officials confirmed.
Eager voters formed lengthy lines outside Dhaka polling stations Wednesday night, hours before ballot boxes opened. Miraz Ahmed, a first-time Gen Z voter, expressed enthusiasm to Xinhua Wednesday evening: "This is my first time voting, and I'm really excited."
"I'm getting my voter number from this help desk so tomorrow morning I can go straight into the polling station without waiting," he said.
The Election Commission reported that 2,028 candidates are competing for 299 of the 300 directly-elected parliamentary seats. Elections for the remaining constituency have been postponed following a candidate's death.
The contest represents Bangladesh's inaugural general election since Hasina's resignation amid widespread political turmoil that gripped the nation last summer.
Under Bangladesh's parliamentary system, a party must secure a minimum of 151 seats to form a government. Election authorities announced that vote tallying will commence immediately at polling sites once voting wraps up.
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