The Bangladesh Nationalist Party coalition was projected to win a two-thirds majority in the 300-member parliament. The party called for special Friday prayers but no victory rallies.

Unofficial results of the Bangladesh parliamentary elections show Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in a strong lead as the country continues to count votes ...

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, is set to become the prime minister. This was the first election in Bangladesh since student-led protests toppled the last government in 2024.

The vote is a direct contest between frontrunner Tarique Rahman's BNP and a Jamaat-e-Islami-led coalition of 11 parties.