US EditionBangladesh Begins Campaigning in First Post-Uprising Vote
The February 12 vote will decide 350 lawmakers and a referendum to institutionalize post-uprising reforms, with 44% of voters aged 18 to 37, Election Commission data shows.
- On January 22, official campaigning began nationwide as parties launched rallies in Dhaka and Sylhet ahead of the February 12, 2026 vote for 350 lawmakers.
- Rooted in last year’s uprising, the election follows the July 2024 uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5, 2024 amid an estimated 1,400 deaths, while Muhammad Yunus’s interim government promotes a referendum on the July National Charter to enshrine reforms.
- With the Awami League excluded from the ballot, the race is between a Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led bloc and a Jamaat-e-Islami alliance that includes the National Citizen Party despite internal resignations.
- With about 127 million registered voters, nearly 56 million aged 18–37 are pivotal after the uprising, while only 1400 of 2,568 candidates are women.
- Digital reach—about 130 million internet users—amplifies campaign messaging with viral campaign songs, short videos and tools like MatchMyPolicy.com and janatarishtehar.org shaping young voter opinions.
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‘No free elections until shadow of Yunus clique lifted,’ says former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina painted a dire picture of Bangladesh’s current state, warning that the country is teetering on the brink. Bangladesh stands today at the edge of an abyss, a nation battered and bleeding, navigating one of the most perilous chapters in its history, she said
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