Bangladesh election 2026 result highlights: Stage set for Tarique Rahman as new PM after BNP's landslide victory

Bangladesh election result 2026 LIVE updates: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman a Tarique Rahman (L) greets his supporters as leaves his residence in Dhaka on February 13, 2026 a day after Bangladesh's general election.

Bangladesh election result 2026 updates: Tarique Rahman is set to become the Prime Minister of Bangladesh after his party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), marked a resounding victory in the 13th national elections held on February 12. The party is now holding talks with its allies for the government formation, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

The BNP and its allies have secured 212 seats, while the Jamaat-e-Islami and its 11 allies managed to get 77 seats, according to Bangladesh daily the Daily Star. Counting has been completed for 297 constituencies, Prothom Alo quoted the Election Commission as saying, and results have been withheld for two seats over legal issues.

Most voters also backed the reforms proposal under the July National Charter as voting on Thursday was also held for the national referendum to decide if the July National Charter, which proposes constitutional reforms, will be adopted or not.

The elections are also being termed landmark as this was for the first that polls were held since the student-led uprising of July 2024 that toppled the Sheikh Hasina's 15-year-long government, sending Hasina into exile to India. Following her ouster, Bangladesh was administered by an interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus which has been in place for 18 months now.

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The election was seen as a direct contest between the BNP and its former ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, in the absence of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's now disbanded Awami League.

Voting for the 13th parliamentary elections was held alongside a referendum on the implementation of a complex 84-point reform package known as the July National Charter.

The BNP had earlier announced that if it won the election, its chairman and former premier, Khaleda Zia's son, Tarique Rahman, would be the next prime minister of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh election results 2026 latest updates

1. The Tarique Rahman-led BNP is on course for a thumping win in the 13th national parliamentary elections, with multiple projections showing it comfortably crossing the simple majority mark of 150 seats.

2. The party has publicly claimed it has won a majority and is set to form the next government. It has urged supporters to offer prayers instead of holding victory rallies.

3. BNP chairman Tarique Rahman has won from Dhaka-17 and Bogra-6 seats. Several senior leaders including Salahuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Lutfozzaman Babar, Mirza Abbas, Reza Kibria and others have secured seats.

4. Prominent Jamaat figures such as Shafiqur Rahman, Mir Ahmad Bin Kasem, ATM Azharul Islam and others have won their constituencies.

5. The National Citizen Party (NCP) that emerged from the student-led July uprising, has won six seats. Md Nahid Islam secured Dhaka-11 by a narrow margin of 2,039 votes.

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Tarique Rahman after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party swept the national elections on Friday.

7. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also congratulated Rahman on behalf of the party and said that India and Bangladesh share deep rooted bonds of history, language, culture, and multitude of other commonalities.

8. The United States also congratulated the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Tarique Rahman on its "historic victory" in elections, its embassy in Dhaka said.