Bangladesh Elections, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh held crucial Parliamentary elections on 12 February amid sporadic incidents of violence to elect a new government to replace the interim administration that took charge after the fall of the Awami League regime in August 2024.

Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed was quoted by news agency PTI as saying that around 48 per cent voter turnout was recorded nationwide till 2 pm. The PTI report quoted the state-run BSS news agency in Bangladesh.

Nearly 127 million voters were registered to cast their ballots across 42,779 polling centres in 299 constituencies nationwide.

Voting for the 13th parliamentary elections was held alongside a referendum on a complex 84-point reform package.

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