Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- For a second time, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is poised to form a majority government following a mass uprising.

The party is returning to power after two long decades as it secured an absolute majority in the 13th parliamentary election. The Awami League, its old rival, was banned from the ballot.

The BNP has won 209 of the 299 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the election on Thursday. They now have the two-thirds majority they require in order to bring about changes to the Constitution through parliament.

The party is set to face Jamaat-e-Islami as the main opposition in parliament, although the partnership the two once shared now appears to belong to the past. Following the July Uprising, the Islamis...