Awami League is going to form the government for the fourth consecutive time after receiving absolute majority in the 12th parliamentary election. Unofficial results of 297, out of 299 seats, have been received so far. The results show that Awami League has won in 223 seats. After the ruling Awami League, independent candidates bagged 62 seats. The opposition in current parliament Jatiya Party has won 11 seats while other parties got one seat.
Most of the victorious independent candidates are Awami League leaders. Besides, Syed Ekramuzzaman who was expelled from BNP has won Brahmanbaria-1 (Nasirnagar) constituency, while independent candidate Mohammad Husamuddin Chowdhury has won Sylhet-5 (Kanaighat-Jakiganj) constituency.
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