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Bangladesh: Elections Scarred by Violence

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Human Rights Watch's review of pre-election, election-day, and post-election violence surrounding the 10th Parliamentary Election.

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10th Parliamentary Election

Bangladesh's 10th Parliamentary Election took place on 5 January 2014 after months of conflict over whether polls should be held under a neutral caretaker arrangement. The main opposition alliance boycotted the vote, many seats were left uncontested, and election day was marked by deadly violence, making the result one of the most disputed turning points in post-1990 Bangladeshi politics.