#vote-counting

#vote-counting

Nearly 127 million eligible voters are electing the next prime minister and parliament for a five-year term. Vote counting is under way in Bangladesh, where 127 million eligible voters are electing a new government, 18 months after a student-led movement ended Sheikh Hasina's two-decade rule. Alliances led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) are vying for the most seats in the national assembly.

Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.

Early projections from the Australian Electoral Commission indicate that the Labour Party is likely to secure a second term, leading with 70 seats compared to 24 for conservatives.