How legitimate is Sheikh Hasina’s win in Bangladesh amid low turnout? | DW News

Bangladesh’s prime minister Shake Hina has won a fourth consecutive term in office after her ruling party swept national elections on Sunday the country’s Election Commission says H’s awami league has won the vast majority of seats in Parliament but turnout was only around 40% after a vote marred by

Violence and boycotted by the main opposition the longest serving female prime minister in the world shik Hina is set to maintain her grip on power she has won an election with no effective Rivals the main opposition the Bangladesh nationalist party did not take part in the election questioning

The credibility of the ballot under hina’s rule but the opposition by Cott has not deterred the powerful prime minister I have my accountability to people to the people whether people accepted it or not whether they have accepted this election or not that is important the opposition BNP claims the

Government crippled their campaign by incarcerating thousands of the members on politically motivated charges it says several of its members were killed in an election campaign plagued with violence but the ruling awami League accused the BNB of violent attacks launched to undermine the government I have cases against me for

Arson and stuff like like that there is a systematic repression going on for the last many years do you really think that it’s an election the EU and the US have criticized the erosion of democracy under hena’s rule but Regional Powers India China and Russia have developed strong business and security ties with

Hena’s government and have largely remained silent on her domestic policies what we are seeing is really a silencing of freedom of expression so all this uh has escalated in the last year and therefore we downgraded Bangladesh rating from repress to close which is the worst rating of Civic space a

Country can have despite the criticism Hina is credited for a spectacular growth of a country once considered to be the poorest in the world Millions have been lifted out of poverty under her rule but her critics argue the economic success has come at the cost of democracy and human rights leaving many

In a country of around 170 million people with little faith in the system that governs them so let’s get across to Bangladesh and speak to DW’s Z Ahmed in daa now so we have asena having won a fourth straight term even as the opposition are calling these elections a sham what does

Her Victory mean for democracy in Bangladesh well um for the incumbents as you have said and the opposition is uh saying that this was basically an a ritual uh to extend their tenure extend to hold the grip on power um for for them uh for for the ruling a and the prime minister

Shikina they are H saying that uh if this extension was crucial for for economic stability uh where is the opposition are saying that basically Bangladesh is going through one of the hardest part hard time of democracy and uh and and uh we have seen Rising criticisms about about the way this

Election uh was conducted and also the turnout as it as as it came out it was only 40% um if you look at the previous elections in Bangladesh like um when when all the parties uh participated it was more than 70% uh what that that means this

Election this the turnout has fallen U short uh significantly short and whereas uh the aam league the ruling party they are saying that this uh uh they have the backing of the majority but it seems the questions Rises how they will explain this turnout now I’m curious about International reaction as well shik

Casina enjoys support from countries like India and China do you think these Regional Powers will be glad to see her stay in power well um uh during uh under this under shas’s leadership Bangladesh has economically grown but as well as she had uh an an iron fist against

Insurgency in this country so that actually uh is crucial for India the one of the regional powers and with China bangl the the bilateral trade and and relationship has grown over time uh while she was in power so uh for them uh if shik is there uh it’s it’s it’s it’s

Crucial it’s it’s for them it’s helpful whereas for India they have little trust with the opposition uh the BNP uh what the commentators say so that’s why shik enjoys the backing of the regional Powers thank you so much for your reporting there that’s DW’s Z Ahmed in Daka

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a fourth consecutive term in office, after her ruling party swept national elections on Sunday. The country’s election commission says Hasina’s Awami League has won the vast majority of seats in parliament. But turnout was only around 40 percent, after a vote marred by violence and boycotted by the main opposition.

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25 comments

  1. We are stuck in nowhere, there is no one to save us. No one here to do justice for us. International media is showing some truth but not enough

  10. Bangladesh Awami League government is a government of thieves, this government has destroyed people's right to vote. 😭😭

  11. I like how Western Media question the legitimacy of election when election results are not in their favor or the Ruling party is against their foreign policy.

  15. Not economic growth all over of our country is not real which is showing & showed. Real history is Collup our economic growth. Only Growth Her ( PM – Sheikh Hasina) cabinet Person of Ministry, Who are accepting and taking all of over facility & atocrated and denied people perpose. that's

  23. We are seeking cooperation from the United Nations and democratic countries to free Hasina from dictatorship. We want fair and participatory elections again. In the twelfth national parliament election of Bangladesh, no people went to the polling station, the election was not fair. All the people boycotted this dummy election. Dictator Hasina and her celebrated police force stole the vote. The presence of child voters has been seen in the elections. The people of Bangladesh want Khaledar Zia, the mother of democracy. We seek cooperation from the United Nations and democratic countries to free Hasina from dictatorship. We are seeking cooperation from the United Nations and democratic countries to free Hasina from dictatorship. We want fair and participatory elections again.

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