<p>Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was re-elected to parliament on Sunday from the Gopalganj-3 constituency after a landslide victory in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).</p>.<p>Hasina, 76, bagged 249,965 votes while her nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lashkar from the Bangladesh Supreme Party secured just 469 votes, <em>bdnews24</em> reported.</p>.<p>Gopalganj Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Kazi Mahbubul Alam announced the result.</p>.Bangladesh registers abysmally low voter turnout in polls.<p>She has won the Gopalganj-3 seat for the eighth time since 1986.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Hasina, who has been ruling the strategically located South Asian nation since 2009, is set to secure a record fourth consecutive term and fifth overall term.</p>.<p>The ruling Awami League candidates are leading in most of the seats, according to the results so far.</p>.<p>Earlier, the counting of votes started after the polling ended in the general elections which registered low voter turnout.</p>.<p>According to the initial estimates, the voter turnout was around 40 per cent but the figure could change after the final count, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said.</p>
<p>Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was re-elected to parliament on Sunday from the Gopalganj-3 constituency after a landslide victory in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).</p>.<p>Hasina, 76, bagged 249,965 votes while her nearest rival M Nizam Uddin Lashkar from the Bangladesh Supreme Party secured just 469 votes, <em>bdnews24</em> reported.</p>.<p>Gopalganj Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Kazi Mahbubul Alam announced the result.</p>.Bangladesh registers abysmally low voter turnout in polls.<p>She has won the Gopalganj-3 seat for the eighth time since 1986.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Hasina, who has been ruling the strategically located South Asian nation since 2009, is set to secure a record fourth consecutive term and fifth overall term.</p>.<p>The ruling Awami League candidates are leading in most of the seats, according to the results so far.</p>.<p>Earlier, the counting of votes started after the polling ended in the general elections which registered low voter turnout.</p>.<p>According to the initial estimates, the voter turnout was around 40 per cent but the figure could change after the final count, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said.</p>