2024 Bangladeshi general election

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2024 Bangladeshi general election

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All 300 directly elected seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.8%[1] (39.4pp)
First party Second party   Leader Sheikh Hasina GM Quader Party AL JP(E) Leader's seat Gopalganj-3 (won) Rangpur-3 (won) Last election 74.63%, 257 seats 5.22%, 26 seats Seats won 224 11 Seat change 34 15
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Sheikh Hasina AL Subsequent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina AL

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the current constitutional requirement, stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, won the election for the fourth consecutive time with less than 40% of the eligible voters voting according to an Election Commission, which is run by the ruling political party.^[5][2][6][7] The party won 224 seats while independent candidates, most of whom were Awami League members propped up as dummy candidates to give a semblance of competition, won 62 seats.^[8][9][10]

In the lead-up to the election, the incumbent government led by Sheikh Hasina cracked down on opposition parties and silenced critics of the government.^[11][12][13] Hasina's prime ministership has been described as authoritarian since being re-elected in 2008,^{[14][15][16][17]} and in 2011 removed the requirement that a temporary independent caretaker government be formed to hold elections. The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the elections (similar to in 2014 and in 2018) as they assumed that the election commission under the incumbent government were unable to organise a free and fair election.^[13]

A protest over the turnout in the election emerged as the Chief Election Commissioner, based on the data in his hand initially claimed that the turnout was 28% but later retracted from that to claim the turnout to be around 40%.^[9][7]

The United States Department of State said that the election was not free and fair^[18] and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office termed the election lacking the preconditions of democracy.^[19] According to The Economist, through this election, Bangladesh effectively became a one-party state.^[20]