Bangladesh Election 2026

Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide victory in the Feb. 12 general election, securing 212 seats in the 350-member Jatiya Sangsad. Of the parliament's seats, 300 are filled through direct elections. The vote coincided with a referendum on constitutional reforms, which voters approved. The main contender to the BNP, Shafiqur Rahman's Jamaat-e-Islami party, won 77 seats, while Nahid Islam's the National Citizen Party secured six. The election, conducted under an interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, followed the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024. Hasina's former ruling Awami League party was banned from participating.