Bangladesh election results LIVE: BNP claims victory

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman claimed election victory on Friday (February 13, 2026), a top party official told AFP, after the first polls since a deadly 2024 uprising.

Heavy deployments of security forces are posted countrywide, and UN experts warned ahead of the voting of “growing intolerance, threats and attacks” and a “tsunami of disinformation”.

Political clashes killed five people and injured more than 600 during campaigning, police records show.

But polling day was largely peaceful, according to the Election Commission, which reported only “a few minor disruptions”.
source:thehindu.com