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  • Voting begins in Bangaldesh
  • Awami League set to return as ruling party
  • Main opposition party boycotting polls

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Voting underway in Bangladesh. Here's why PM Sheikh Hasina is set to return for the fifth time

Ruling Awami League is expected to win for a straight fourth time as the main Opposition BNP of former premier Khaleda Zia, who is under house arrest as a convict of graft charges, boycotted the polls.

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      Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which is boycotting it.

      Voting began at 8 am local time and will continue till 5 pm.

      A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to vote at Sunday's polls in more than 42,000 polling stations, according to the country’s Election Commission.

      The voting is being held in 299 out of 300 constituencies. The election to one centre will be held later as a candidate died there.

      More than 1,500 candidates from 27 political parties are contesting in the election besides 436 independent candidates.

      Over 100 foreign observers, including three from India, will monitor the 12th general election, which is being held under tight security.

      The election commission said it expected the results to start flowing from early on January 8.

      Hasina, 76, has been in power since 2009 and her Awami League won the last election in December 2018.

      The BNP boycotted the 2014 election but joined the one in 2018.

      Prime Minister Hasina's ruling Awami League is expected to win for a straight fourth time as the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former premier Khaleda Zia, 78, who is under house arrest as a convict of graft charges, boycotted the polls.

      The BNP is observing a 48-hour nationwide general strike which began at 6 am on Saturday and will end at 6 am on Monday.

      The 27 political parties that are contesting the elections include the opposition Jatiya Party (JAPA). The rest are members of the ruling Awami League-led coalition, which experts dub as "satellite parties."

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