Bangladesh Elections: How did the election results and referendum turn out?

Friday, February 13, 2026

The Bangladesh Election Commission has declared the final results for 297 seats in the 13th parliamentary election.

Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed announced the results at the Election Commission office in Agargaon on Friday, February 13, 2026, in the afternoon.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alone won 209 seats in these elections.

The BNP and its allies won a total of 212 seats.

While the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats, and its allies also won nine.

The NCP won six seats, and the Bangladesh Khalifa Majlis won two.

Five other parties—the Islami Andolan, the Gana Adhikar Parishad, the Bangladesh Jatiya Party, the Gana Sanghati Andolan, and the Khalifa Majlis—won one seat each.

Independent candidates also won seven seats in these elections.

According to the Election Commission, the results of two Chittagong constituencies will not be official until the appeals related to these seats are settled in court.

BNP's Sarwar Alamgir has unofficially won the Chittagong-2 (Fatikhadi) constituency, and BNP's Aslam Chowdhury has won the Chittagong-4 (Sitakunda) constituency.

How were the referendum results?

The Election Commission Secretary also stated that approximately 50 million people voted "yes" in the referendum.

While only about half of these people chose "no" to the referendum.

In addition to electing a new government in Bangladesh, voters also cast their votes in a constitutional referendum based on the "July Charter."

The July Charter outlines how Bangladesh will be governed. Its aim is to reduce the concentration of power in the executive branch through constitutional reform.

It also aims to strengthen checks and balances between the various branches of government and prevent the political dominance that has plagued the country in recent decades.

This charter outlines the role of Bangladesh's institutions. It proposes a bicameral parliament, consisting of an upper and lower house, and lists reforms that the new government must implement.

A "yes" vote in this referendum would legally obligate the new parliament to implement 84 reforms.

If a "no" vote had been overwhelmingly received, the July Charter would not have been binding on the next government, and the reforms would have been entirely dependent on the will of the majority party.

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