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Vote casting was free and fair, however, state servants manipulated the results in favor of the BNP.
Jamaat was leading during the first two hours of the election results, and then all of a sudden the results feed was stopped for several hours.
When the feed resumed, the BNP was surprisingly winning by a landslide.
In my opinion, self‑motivated state servants did the dirty work on behalf of the BNP to preserve the current state of affairs.
There were certain discrepancies indeed, however, there was also a lot of misinformation flowing around both mainstream and social media which might have given several false reading of the feeds.
If we go by the public opinions, Jamaat's approval ratings were going higher until late December when Tarique Rahman returned and the extensive media coverage he received, boosting BNP's popular support. I reckon the timing of election heavily favored BNP.
That being said, Jamaat and NCP still remain formidable political forces and it would be the best for the country if they keep up the momentum and function as a strong opposition.





