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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) claimed to be headed to a landslide victory in the country's 13th and themost watched parliamentary election, trouncing the rival Jamaat-e-Islami with an expected huge margin.

The Jamuna TV broadcaster, citing provisional results, says the BNP and its allies won 211 of the 299 constituency seats, while the rival Jamaat-e-Islami alliance won 70 seats.

Official results have not yet been delivered by the Bangladesh Election Commission.

The National Citizens Party is projected to win win only 5 seats.

By this trend, Tarique Rahman is all set to become the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh and replace the Muhammad Yunus headed interim government which took charge replace the interim administration, which took charge after the collapse of the Awami League regime in August 2024.

গণতান্ত্রিক অভিযাত্রার এক গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অধ্যায় আজকের এই নির্বাচন। যারা ইতোমধ্যে ভোট প্রদান করে নিজেদের গণতান্ত্রিক অধিকার প্রয়োগ করেছেন, তাদের প্রত্যেককে জানাই আন্তরিক ধন্যবাদ।

আর যারা এখনো ভোট দেননি, অনুরোধ রইল, সময়ের মধ্যে ভোটকেন্দ্রে উপস্থিত হয়ে আপনার পছন্দের প্রার্থীকে… pic.twitter.com/VJFdEgWqAi

— BNP Media Cell (@BNPBdMediaCell) February 12, 2026

The election happened in the absent of the Awami League headed by Shaikh Hasina who is living in exile in India/.

An EC spokesperson said the results in several seats were still being processed and were likely to be announced in a few hours.

The election was seen as a direct contest between the BNP and its former ally Jamaat-e-Islami, in the absence of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's now disbanded Awami League.

The voting for the 13th parliamentary elections was held along with a referendum on the implementation of a complex 84-point reform package, known as the July National Charter.

The BNP had earlier announced that if it wins the election, then its chairman and former premier Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman would be the next prime minister of Bangladesh.

"We are confident of forming the government by winning more than two-thirds of seats," BNP's central election steering committee spokesman Mahdi Amin told a media briefing in the early hours of Friday.

Rahman, who returned to Bangladesh in December last year after over 17 years in self-exile, asked party leaders and activists to offer special prayers across the country after mid-day 'Juma' prayers instead of holding victory rallies.

The EC was yet to announce the voter turnout figure. It dismissed allegations of manipulation regarding voters' appearances in polling centres.

"There were debates over turnout percentages in past elections as well. Please don't question it now," Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasur Uddin told a reporter on Thursday evening.

He said variations were natural as results from several thousand polling centres arrived at different times.

EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed earlier said 47.91 per cent voters had cast ballots by 2 pm on Thursday at 36,031 of the 42,651 polling centres.

Here is the promotional song of the BNP posted on X:

One song. All generations. One vibe 🌾#ShobarAgeyBangladesh #Bangladesh #VoteForBNP pic.twitter.com/j303nj15lQ

— BNP Media Cell (@BNPBdMediaCell) February 1, 2026

More than 2,000 candidates, including a number of independents, were in the fray for 299 of the 300 parliamentary constituencies that went to polls. Polling for one seat was postponed due to the death of a candidate.

The counting of votes began soon after voting concluded at 4:30 pm (local time).

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The Election Commission made elaborate security arrangements for the elections, deploying nearly 1 million security personnel -- the largest-ever in the country's electoral history.