DHAKA, Feb 11 — Millions of young Bangladeshis will vote for the first time on Thursday in a landmark election to determine the country’s leadership following a 2024...
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— AFP picand enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min. cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.DHAKA, Feb 11 — Millions of young Bangladeshis will vote for the first time on Thursday in a landmark election to determine the country’s leadership following a 2024 student-led uprising that ended former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule. Young people aged from 18 to 27 make up 44 per cent of the country’s 129 million voters, many who say they never voted during Hasina’s 15-year iron-fisted tenure. Elections under the ousted prime minister’s rule were marred by allegations of widespread rigging and bans on opposition parties. Faijullah Wasif, 33, a university official preparing to cast his first ballot, said he didn’t vote while Hasina was in power because he felt it wouldn’t make a difference. “It was mainly because of fear and anxiety that I didn’t go,” he said. “I did not even feel interested.” The demographic bulge of younger voters has forced parties to recalibrate their campaigns and messages. The digital battleground has become central to the campaign and parties have invested heavily in online outreach, from Facebook videos to TikTok reels.Instead, the parties once crushed under her rule are running – the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies, and a coalition led by Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party. Shafiqur Rahman , a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, waves to supporters during a rally on the final day of campaigning in Dhaka on February 9, 2026 ahead of the country's general election on February 12. — AFP pic Ashfah Binte Latif, 21, a student at Dhaka University, said her parents had told her stories of past elections, pre-Hasina, when polling day was celebrated like a festival.The National Citizen Party , formed by the student leaders who spearheaded the uprising, have allied with Jamaat-e-Islami.“We expected young people to lead us – and in many ways, they did,” she said. “If they fail, it’s a failure for all of the young.” The spark that ignited the 2024 unrest started on university campuses by students opposed to a quota system in the civil service, which they said excluded them from jobs.A year and a half later, Bangladesh’s economy remains fragile, and graduates still struggle to land their first job. Election expert Md Abdul Alim, a former member of Bangladesh’s election reform commission, said he expected a strong youth turnout. “These young voters will carry this sense of deprivation with them to the polls, and they will vote,” he said. A supporter of the Jamaat-e-Islami party-led alliance attends their rally ahead of Bangladesh's general election in Dhaka on February 8, 2026. — AFP pic Of around 2,000 candidates vying for the 350 seats – some 1,400 standing for the first time – more than 600 are aged 44 or below, according to statistics from the electoral commission.“Our trust in young people is very strong, and our hopes are high,” Wasif said. “Since young people brought about this change, I believe that it is through them that Bangladesh’s political culture will undergo a radical transformation.”
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