Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Monday said he has successfully been able to keep the promise he made earlier before the nation as even a single person didn’t complain that he couldn’t vote in the February 12 general election.
“Till now I’ve not found any person who complained that he couldn’t vote on Election Day. I’ve asked many people – hundreds of people,” he said.
The CEC made the remark while addressing a views-exchange discussion on strengthening women’s participation in the electoral process at the Nirbachan Bhaban auditorium on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2026.
He said he has not heard that even a single person couldn’t vote, faced problems and violence in the polling station or was driven out from the polling station.
“I’ve been able to deliver what promise I made before the nation,” Nasir Uddin.
Talking about the post-election complaints by the political parties or particular candidates, he said different complaints might be raised after the election as it was seen after the fair elections in the past.
“There might be various objections regarding the vote. Such objections are raised usually when the election is fair. It is our history and culture. We also saw it in the past. We saw different allegations like subtle manipulation of elections in 1991 and 1996,” he said.
Nasir Uddin said no objection is raised normally during the course of a nice election.
No person raised any single complaint when he was talking to common voters including minority community and women voters during his visit to the polling station on Election Day, he said.
In the 13th parliamentary election held on February 12, BNP won 209 seats, while Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats. The election was held in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies, but the Election Commission published results of 297 constituencies.
Besides, NCP settled victory in six constituencies, independent candidates in seven constituencies, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish in two, Islami Andolan Bangladesh in one, Bangladesh Jatiya Party-BJP (led by Andaleeve Rahman Partho) in one, Ganaodhikar Parishad in one, Ganasamhati Andolan in one and Khelafat Majlish in one parliamentary seat.
Focusing on women’s contributions to the economy, the CEC said the value of women’s household work is not reflected in the country’s economic calculations and GDP.
He praised the efficiency of female election officials who performed duties during the polls, saying no allegations of bias or irregularities have so far been raised against them.
Citing the current EC’s significant success in registering women voters, Nasir Uddin said, “Previously, there was a gap of around three million between male and female voters. After the door-to-door voter list update, the gap has now reduced to about one million,” he said.
Election Commissioners Anwarul Islam, Tahmida Ahmed and Abdur Rahmanel Masud, among others, spoke at the discussion.