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class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">39.58% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 47.55pp)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #006a4e;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_(5)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/116px-Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="116" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/174px-Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/232px-Sheikh_Hasina_at_EC_Headquarters_in_2010_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="678" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F6F600;"><span class="notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rowshan_Ershad.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Rowshan_Ershad.png/129px-Rowshan_Ershad.png" decoding="async" width="129" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Rowshan_Ershad.png/193px-Rowshan_Ershad.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Rowshan_Ershad.png/258px-Rowshan_Ershad.png 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="378" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Rowshan_Ershad" title="Rowshan Ershad">Rowshan Ershad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">AL</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Ershad)" title="Jatiya Party (Ershad)">JP(E)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">48.04%, 230 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.04%, 27 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>234</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">34 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>12,357,374</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,199,727 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>72.14%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.00% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Article_70_of_the_Constitution_of_Bangladesh" title="Article 70 of the Constitution of Bangladesh">Article 70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_review_in_Bangladesh" title="Judicial review in Bangladesh">Judicial review</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#56bf85; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Bangladesh" title="Government of Bangladesh"> <span style="color:#FFF;">Government</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_Seal_of_Bangladesh.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Government_Seal_of_Bangladesh.svg/50px-Government_Seal_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" 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(interim)</a></i><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Bangladesh" title="Taxation in Bangladesh">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_agencies_in_Bangladesh" title="Government agencies in Bangladesh">Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Civil_Service" title="Bangladesh Civil Service">Civil Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Bangladesh" title="Local government in Bangladesh">Local governments</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#56bf85; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Sangsad" title="Jatiya Sangsad"> <span style="color:#FFF;"> Parliament </span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a 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(Bangladesh)">Leader of the Opposition</a>: <i>Vacant</i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#56bf85; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Bangladesh" title="Judiciary of Bangladesh"> <span style="color:#FFF;"> Judiciary </span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Council</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#56bf85; color:#FFF; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_Bangladesh" title="Administrative geography of Bangladesh"> <span style="color:#FFF;"> Administrative divisions</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Bangladesh" title="Divisions of Bangladesh">Divisions</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Bangladesh" title="Districts of Bangladesh">Districts</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Upazila" title="Upazila">Subdistricts</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Bangladesh" title="Local government in Bangladesh">Local Councils</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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href="/wiki/Khaleda_Zia" title="Khaleda Zia">Khaleda Zia</a> put under house arrest.<sup id="cite_ref-HouseArrest_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HouseArrest-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government,<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with around 21 people killed on election day.<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost all major opposition parties <a href="/wiki/Election_boycott" title="Election boycott">boycotted</a> the elections, resulting in 153 of the 300 directly elected seats being uncontested and the incumbent <a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a>-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a> winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh" title="History of Bangladesh">history of Bangladesh</a> to be re-elected to serve a second term. </p><p>The elections were criticized by the United States, United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and the United Nations.<sup id="cite_ref-credible_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-credible-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 176 global leaders including <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stiglitz" title="Joseph Stiglitz">Joseph Stiglitz</a>, issued a letter that claimed the election "lacked legitimacy".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 2013 the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party" title="Bangladesh Nationalist Party">Bangladesh Nationalist Party</a> and its alliance of 18 opposition parties led by former <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Bangladesh)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh)">Opposition Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Khaleda_Zia" title="Khaleda Zia">Khaleda Zia</a> called more than 85 days of nationwide general strikes and blockades that brought the entire country to a grinding halt. The opposition demanded that the ruling <a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a> party led by the current prime minister <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" title="Sheikh Hasina">Sheikh Hasina</a> amend the constitution, dissolve the parliament after their full five-year term ended on 24 January 2014, and then hand over power to a <a href="/wiki/Non-partisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-partisan">non-partisan</a> <a href="/wiki/Interim_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Interim government">interim government</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker government</a> that would be run by <a href="/wiki/Technocrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Technocrats">technocrats</a> for 90 days. The job of a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_Government_of_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Caretaker Government of Bangladesh">Caretaker Government of Bangladesh</a> would then be to work in tandem with the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Election_Commission" title="Bangladesh Election Commission">Bangladesh Election Commission</a> by helping them to organise, arrange, and oversee the general election held on 5 January and transfer power to a newly elected government. As most of the demands were not met within the stipulated time frame, all opposition parties boycotted the polls.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hasina had offered an all party interim election cabinet government which would include opposition parties till the election but this was rejected by Zia.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Date">Date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg/220px-Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg/330px-Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg/440px-Bangladeshi_2014_election_ballot_paper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Ballot paper from 2014 election</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the ninth parliament's mandate expires on 24 January 2014, according to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Bangladesh" title="Constitution of Bangladesh">constitution of Bangladesh</a>'s Article 123(2)(a) requires a general election to be held between 26 October 2013 and 24 January 2014 or rather within 90 days before the expiration of the <a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Sangshad" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatiya Sangshad">Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 November 2013, the Bangladesh Election Commission announced that the 10th general election would be held on 5 January 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boycott">Boycott</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boycott"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following months of protests, strikes and blockades, the 18-party opposition alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party formally announced a boycott of the election citing unfair conditions for the election.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 December 2013, <a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Ershad)" title="Jatiya Party (Ershad)">Jatiya Party</a>, led by former president <a href="/wiki/Hussain_Mohammad_Ershad" class="mw-redirect" title="Hussain Mohammad Ershad">Hussain Mohammad Ershad</a>, also announced its intention to boycott the election. <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> representatives met BNP leader Khaleda Zia and asked her not to boycott the election and to stop the strikes and shutdowns and instead resort to dialogue with the government.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a video message, <a href="/wiki/Tarique_Rahman" title="Tarique Rahman">Tarique Rahman</a>, the senior vice-chairman of the BNP called for a boycott of the election saying that "the time has come for all of us to prevent and boycott the 5 January polls. Not for personal interest but for the sake of the country's existence".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opposition had also called for the government to resign so an interim non-partisan administration could lead the country through the election period.<sup id="cite_ref-indept_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indept-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protests_and_violence">Protests and violence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Protests and violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%932014_Satkhira_clashes" title="2013–2014 Satkhira clashes">2013–2014 Satkhira clashes</a></div> <p>On the night of 4 December 2013, Jatiya Party leader H. M. Ershad threatened to kill himself after security forces besieged his home following his decision to boycott the election.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 December, he was confined to a military hospital following his arrest from his <a href="/wiki/Baridhara" title="Baridhara">Baridhara</a> residence by security forces. According to the <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Action_Battalion" title="Rapid Action Battalion">RAB</a> commander, Ershad had been taken there at his own request.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zia was also put under house arrest since 29 December at her <a href="/wiki/Gulshan,_Dhaka" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulshan, Dhaka">Gulshan</a> residence.<sup id="cite_ref-HouseArrest_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HouseArrest-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Army" title="Bangladesh Army">Bangladesh Army</a> was deployed throughout the country on 26 December on the request of the election commission to maintain law and order. The army would stay on the streets until 9 January 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 December, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami" title="Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami">Jamaat-e-Islami's</a> <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Quader_Mollah" title="Abdul Quader Mollah">Abdul Quader Mollah</a> became the first person to be executed for war crimes relation to the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Independence_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh Independence War">Bangladesh Independence War</a> resulting in violent protests by the Islamist opposition. Two ruling party activists were hacked to death in <a href="/wiki/Kalaroa" title="Kalaroa">Kalaroa</a>, while the Jamaat-e-Islami's activists firebombed train stations and blockaded roads. Another person died in clashes between police and Jamaat-e-Islami supporters in <a href="/wiki/Noakhali" class="mw-redirect" title="Noakhali">Noakhali</a>, while a driver was killed after the party's activists chased him down. The opposition alliance called for a general strike on Sunday 15 December.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 December 2013 the BNP called for a "March for Democracy" towards <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, in defiance of a police ban, to protest against the election. Zia said: "The government is autocratic and illegal. It should step down immediately".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One person was killed by the police in the centre of Dhaka, while a guard was killed in a blast at a train station.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some supporters of the ruling Awami League also clashed with opposition activists outside the <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh Supreme Court">Bangladesh Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BNP accused the police of barring Zia's car from leaving in order for her to lead the march.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thousands of security forces, mainly police, were present to prevent the opposition activists from rallying.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside of the Supreme Court, police threw hot and coloured water from water cannons to disperse the protesters.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated3_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated3-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheikh Hasina, while agreeing with the right of the opposition to protest, said: "You can wage anti-government agitation. But make sure people are not killed by your movement."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A train was derailed by opposition activists in <a href="/wiki/Gaibandha" title="Gaibandha">Gaibandha</a> leading to three deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 December, the 18-party opposition alliance announced a non-stop blockade of roads, railways and waterways across the country from 1 January 2014 in order to resist the scheduled election. The decision came after they were barred from holding national demonstrations the previous day. The protest was termed the "March for Democracy."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/General_strike" title="General strike">general strike</a> was called for 4, 5 and 6 January by the opposition parties. </p><p>On 3 and 4 January, opposition activists attacked potential polling centres across Bangladesh. They set fire to over 100 centres in <a href="/wiki/Lakshmipur_District" title="Lakshmipur District">Lakshmipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajshahi" title="Rajshahi">Rajshahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pirojpur" title="Pirojpur">Pirojpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylhet" title="Sylhet">Sylhet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhenaidah" title="Jhenaidah">Jhenaidah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natore" title="Natore">Natore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirajganj" title="Sirajganj">Sirajganj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brahmanbaria" title="Brahmanbaria">Brahmanbaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_(07).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg/220px-National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg/330px-National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg/440px-National_Assembly_of_Bangladesh_%2807%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6825" data-file-height="4394" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Sangsad_Bhaban" title="Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban">Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban</a> (2014)</figcaption></figure> <p>At least 18 people died in election day violence after security forces fired on protesters and opposition activists torched over 100 voting centres.<sup id="cite_ref-indept_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indept-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total 21 people died on the day and about 400 voting centers were disrupted.<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists also attacked their Awami League counterparts and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Bangladesh" title="Hinduism in Bangladesh">Hindus</a> in eight villages under <a href="/wiki/Thakurgaon_Sadar_Upazila" title="Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila">Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila</a> leaving 15 people injured and their houses and shops vandalised and looted. Further, a Hindu temple along with idols inside it were also attacked. The attacks spread through eight villages including Jhakua, Jhardanga, Baniyapara and Mondoppara. Hundreds of Hindus from these villages had fled fearing further attacks. On 7 January, two Hindus temples, Radha Gobind Mandir and Kali Mandir, were burnt by people suspected to be BNP party members.<sup id="cite_ref-dsjan9_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dsjan9-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fearing rape threats, female members of Hindu families were sent away to their relatives' homes by their families in Abhaynagar of Jessore, Dinajpur, and Thakurgaon.<sup id="cite_ref-ds1jan9_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ds1jan9-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Attacks also occurred in <a href="/wiki/Dinajpur" title="Dinajpur">Dinajpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rangpur_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangpur City">Rangpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bogra" title="Bogra">Bogra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lalmonirhat_District" title="Lalmonirhat District">Lalmonirhat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajshahi" title="Rajshahi">Rajshahi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessore_District" title="Jessore District">Jessore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-itjan9_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itjan9-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crackdown_on_the_opposition">Crackdown on the opposition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Crackdown on the opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the election there were reports of opposition leaders and members being killed and arbitrarily arrested by the police. According to <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> and <a href="/wiki/US_Department_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="US Department of State">US Department of State</a>, Bangladesh police arrested "thousands" of opposition members.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government also interfered with opposition parties' organization of political events.<sup id="cite_ref-state_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2013, police prevented opposition from holding pre-election rallies, citing security reasons. The police also prevented BNP supports from organizing outside the party headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Often opposition leaders were detained shortly after they announced strikes to protest the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one case, authorities arrested 203 opposition and leaders and activists on 26 December, immediately after the opposition announced it would be holding a "March for Democracy" on 29 December. By 28 December, one day before the rally, the police had arrested more than thousand BNP and Jamaat members.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of these were released in the evening or after the election.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another case, BNP vice president Hafizuddin Ahmed was arrested immediately after he urged "non-stop demonstrations" until the elections. The police charged him with firebombing a bus in 2013. After the election, he was released.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Khaleda Zia was prevented from leaving her home to attend a rally on 26 December,<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and kept under house arrest until the election.<sup id="cite_ref-HouseArrest_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HouseArrest-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government denied Zia was under house arrest. Zia's advisor <a href="/wiki/Shamsher_Mobin_Chowdhury" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury">Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury</a> and Enam Ahmed Chowdhury were arrested on 29 December.<sup id="cite_ref-HRW_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRW-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_shutdown">Media shutdown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Media shutdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the election, the government restricted opposition broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-state_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, ruling <a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a> shut down TV stations and detained a prominent newspaper editor. The government said the measure was necessary to curb violence, but opposition saw this as politically motivated.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monitors">Monitors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Monitors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the boycott, the election commission suggested that the Awami League had already secured victory in 127 of the 153 uncontested seats. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Rowshan_Ershad" title="Rowshan Ershad">Rowshan Ershad</a>'s (wife of H. M. Ershad) Jatiya Party had already won 21 uncontested seats, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal won three seats, the Workers Party won two seats and the Jatiya Party (Manju) won one seat.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The E.U., the U.S. and the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> announced that they would not send observers since they were concerned about the credibility of the election due to the boycott.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WPost_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WPost-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ruling Awami League suffered electoral losses when, according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a></i>, the opposition BNP "thrashed the League in mayoral elections in June and July, notably in Gazipur in the industrial belt, hitherto one of the League’s safest constituencies"<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and polling data showed a plunge in the government's popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, just prior to the election, an opinion poll indicated the incumbent Awami League would lose to the BNP in a direct contest.<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the weeks following the election, a poll was conducted by <a href="/wiki/Democracy_International,_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Democracy International, Inc">Democracy International</a> (DI), a US-based organization. They reported that the Awami League did have slightly more support than BNP, but acknowledged that the study's margin of error meant that the results were a <a href="/wiki/Margin_of_error#Comparing_percentages" title="Margin of error">"statistical dead heat"</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The incumbent <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Awami_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh Awami League">Bangladesh Awami League</a> won the election with a safe majority, winning 234 seats. The election was controversial however as the opposition alliance boycotted the election. </p><p>As a result of the boycott, 153 of the 300 seats were uncontested,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BEC_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEC-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of which the Awami League won 127 by default, the <a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Ershad)" title="Jatiya Party (Ershad)">Jatiya Party (Ershad)</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Rowshan_Ershad" title="Rowshan Ershad">Rowshan Ershad</a> won 20, the JSD won three, the <a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Bangladesh" title="Workers Party of Bangladesh">Workers Party</a> won two and the <a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Manju)" title="Jatiya Party (Manju)">Jatiya Party (Manju)</a> won one.<sup id="cite_ref-bdnews1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdnews1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Results of 139 seats, out of remaining 147 seats (which were contested), were released, with the Awami League winning 105, the Jatiya Party (Ershad) winning 13, the Workers Party winning four, the JSD winning two and the Tarikat Federation and BNF winning one each.<sup id="cite_ref-bdnews1_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdnews1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining 8 constituencies election were suspended due to violence and election took place later.<sup id="cite_ref-bdnews1_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bdnews1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly elected MPs were sworn in on 9 January.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the boycott and violence voter turnout was lower than the previous few elections at only 40% in the 147 constituencies where an election took place, and as low as 22% in the capital, Dhaka.<sup id="cite_ref-BEC_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEC-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg/360px-Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg/540px-Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg/720px-Jatiya_Sangsad_2014.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">%</th><th colspan="5" scope="col">Seats</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">General</th><th scope="col">Reserved</th><th scope="col">Total</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006a4e"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Awami_League" title="Awami League">Awami League</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,357,374</td><td style="text-align:right">72.14</td><td style="text-align:right">234</td><td style="text-align:right">39</td><td style="text-align:right">273</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F6F600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Ershad)" title="Jatiya Party (Ershad)">Jatiya Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,199,727</td><td style="text-align:right">7.00</td><td style="text-align:right">34</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">40</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#992d46"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers_Party_of_Bangladesh" title="Workers Party of Bangladesh">Workers Party of Bangladesh</a></td><td style="text-align:right">359,620</td><td style="text-align:right">2.10</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ED1C24"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Samajtantrik_Dal" title="Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal">Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">203,799</td><td style="text-align:right">1.19</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#40E0D0"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Tarikat_Federation" title="Bangladesh Tarikat Federation">Bangladesh Tarikat Federation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">177,449</td><td style="text-align:right">1.04</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#CCCC00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Party_(Manju)" title="Jatiya Party (Manju)">Jatiya Party (Manju)</a></td><td style="text-align:right">124,389</td><td style="text-align:right">0.73</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#044476"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Nationalist_Front" title="Bangladesh Nationalist Front">Bangladesh Nationalist Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">107,990</td><td style="text-align:right">0.63</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#9e252a"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_National_Awami_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh National Awami Party">Bangladesh National Awami Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,120</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#41B0A8"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Khelafat_Majlish" class="mw-redirect" title="Khelafat Majlish">Khelafat Majlish</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,725</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#64a470"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Gano_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Gano Front">Gano Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,717</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FEF189"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Islami_Front" title="Bangladesh Islami Front">Bangladesh Islami Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,585</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#6a9a62"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ganatantri_Party" title="Ganatantri Party">Ganatantri Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,031</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Independents</td><td style="text-align:right">2,579,324</td><td style="text-align:right">15.06</td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">19</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">17,129,850</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">300</td><td style="text-align:right">50</td><td style="text-align:right">350</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>17,129,850</td><td>98.49</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>263,037</td><td>1.51</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>17,392,887</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>43,943,184</td><td>39.58</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english">Parliament</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecs.gov.bd/files/PjkqznV62UnbChDNA47y6iZovaHngtTnP6doAfwz.pdf">Election Commission</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2023_E.htm">IPU</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The day after the result, Hasina said that the boycott should "not mean there will be a question of legitimacy. People participated in the poll and other parties participated." However, she also said she offered Zia a role in a new government. "Look, I tried my best, I told you, I offered ministry, I offered to share power with our opposition. I have done as much as I can do but they didn't respond. Now if they realise that they made a mistake in not participating in the election, perhaps then they may come forward to discuss with us or make an offer. If they come forward to discuss with us, they have to leave all these terrorist activities behind because what they are doing it is absolutely killing people, killing police, killing innocent people."<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Information Minister <a href="/wiki/Hasanul_Haq_Inu" title="Hasanul Haq Inu">Hasanul Haq Inu</a> added that the turnout did not matter: "What is important is that the people defied violence."<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz2_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BNP Vice President Shamsher Chowdhury said that the low turnout indicated a desire for a new election. "This government must declare this election null and void and we need a new election organised by a non-party government. The government should not waste any more time." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: International"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>: UN Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> lamented that the election was neither peaceful nor inclusive.<sup id="cite_ref-credible_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-credible-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He criticised both the BNP and the Awami League saying they should "resume meaningful dialogue and to urgently address the expectations of the people of Bangladesh for an inclusive political process."<sup id="cite_ref-aljaz_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aljaz-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>: The United States said the election "did not appear to credibly express the will of the Bangladeshi people".</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>: The United Kingdom expressed "disappointment" at the low voter turnout and criticized acts of violence and political harassment that had taken place.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhaka's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)" title="The Daily Star (Bangladesh)">The Daily Star</a></i> featured an editorial that called the election in the country's history and that the Awami League won "a predictable and hollow victory, which gives it neither a mandate nor an ethical standing to govern effectively." In similarly criticising the opposition, the editorial mentioned that "political parties have the right to boycott elections. They also have the right to motivate people to side with their position. But what is unacceptable is using violence and intimidation to thwart an election."<sup id="cite_ref-indept_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indept-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the aftermath of the election, violence continued and the government continued the crackdown on the opposition. Police carried out raids and arrested opposition leaders. Other opposition leaders and members went into hiding, citing harassment by authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-raids_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-raids-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 21 January, the government had arrested 7,015 activists and leaders of opposition, and placed a bounty of 100,000 taka ($1,300) on the heads of other protest leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-7,000_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7,000-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the protesters had destroyed vehicles and blockaded roads, and 29 people had died in the unrest.<sup id="cite_ref-7,000_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7,000-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This led to the <a href="/wiki/2015_Bangladeshi_political_crisis" title="2015 Bangladeshi political crisis">2015 Bangladeshi political crisis</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_10th_Jatiya_Sangsad" title="List of members of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad">List of members of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Bangladeshi_general_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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