BNP wins Bangladesh polls, Tarique Rahman set to be prime minister: Results

Interim leader Muhammad Yunus congratulates Rahman for ‘the landslide victory of his party’.Published On 14 Feb 2026The Bangladesh-nationalist-party" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="5960" data-entity-type="organization">Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won the country’s crucial parliamentary election with a thumping majority, with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become the prime minister, according to newly published results.Bangladesh-election-commission" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="29962" data-entity-type="organization">Bangladesh Election Commission results, published by The Dhaka Tribune and Prothomalo English news website on Saturday, showed Rahman’s BNP overwhelmingly winning Thursday’s polls.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Bangladesh’s BNP claims landslide win in first election since 2024 uprisinglist 2 of 4What are the challenges facing Bangladesh’s election winners?list 3 of 4What does BNP’s landslide mean for Bangladesh’s post-uprising order?list 4 of 4Could BNP’s landslide win open a new geopolitical chapter for Bangladesh?end of listBut there has been no official announcement.Initial results published on Friday by the Election Commission gave the BNP and its allies at least 212 out of 299 parliamentary seats, while the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami and its allies won 77 seats.The National Citizen Party, led by youth activists who played a key role in toppling Hasina and part of a Jamaat-led alliance, won just six of the 30 seats it contested, highlighting the difficulty of converting protest momentum into electoral support.In a statement, Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus congratulated Rahman for “the landslide victory of his party” as he prepares to step down and hand over power to an elected government.The 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has led Bangladesh as its “chief adviser” since an August 2024 uprising, said that Rahman “would help guide the country toward stability, inclusiveness, and development”.The opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party has also issued a statement saying it had accepted the “overall outcome” of the election won by the rival nationalist party, despite having alleged problems with the vote count.