Ruling party Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Sunday said they would accept the outcome of vote.

“I am hundred percent confident that Shekh Hasina led Grand Alliance will win the election,” he said after casting his vote in Noakhali.

Bangladesh went to polls on Sunday (Dec 30) to choose who will take the reins of the country for the next five years.

On Sunday, around 104 million voters are expected to give their verdict to elect who will be at the helm of the country until 2023.

The election schedule was announced on Nov 8 by Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda fixing Dec 23 for voting, but it was revised on Nov 12 delaying the polls by seven days.

The official campaigning started on Dec 10 after the polls logos were allotted ended on the morning of Dec 28, as decided by the Election.

The voting started at 8am and will continue until 4pm in 205,691 polling booths among 40,051 voting centres.

Among 103,826,823 voters, 52,371,620 are men and 51,455,203 women.

Due to the death of a candidate, the election will be contested in 299 seats out of 300. The EC has re-scheduled the voting date of the remaining Gaibandha-3 seat to Jan 27.

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are being used in six constituencies — Dhaka-6, Dhaka-13, Chattogram -9, Rangpur-3, Khulna-2 and Satkhira-2. The remaining seats will have the traditional method of vote casting using ballot paper.

A total of 1,861 aspirants are contesting the elections. Among them, 1,733 are running on tickets from the 39 registered political parties while the remaining 128 are independent candidates.