The Bangladesh Nationalist Party says it has done enough to take power in the country’s first general election since the 2024 uprising, a vote seen as a turning point after years of street protests, boycotts and bitter political feuds.
In a statement posted Friday on X, the BNP’s media wing said the party had secured enough seats to form a government on its own.
The Election Commission has yet to release a final breakdown, but several local outlets reported the BNP had crossed the 151-seat threshold required for a majority in the 350-member Parliament.
Fifty of those seats are reserved for women and are distributed proportionally among winning parties.
Turnout reached 59.44%, according to the commission. More than 127 million people were eligible to vote, nearly half of them women, including about 5 million first-time voters.
