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In Bangladesh, the party of head of government Sheikh Hasina appears to have clearly won the parliamentary elections boycotted by the largest opposition party. According to preliminary results, Hasina’s Awami League party won more than 50% of the 300 parliamentary seats, a representative of the election commission announced on Sunday night. In 208 constituencies for which results were available, the party won 152 seats. The vote on Sunday was overshadowed by various incidents of violence. According to the Election Commission, only around 40% of the approximately 120 million eligible voters tur…

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