Dhaka  - Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia has rejected the results of the country's general election, saying the outcome was stage-managed by the Election Commission, newspapers reported Wednesday.

"The Election Commission only announced a staged result set earlier," said Zia, who heads an alliance led by her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at a press briefing late Tuesday night

Zia lost Monday's elections by a huge margin to an alliance led by its arch-rival, the Awami League of Sheikh Hasina Wazed, also a former prime minister.

Dhaka, Dec 30 : Former Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina''s Awami League-led grand alliance has won a stunning landslide victory in the country's ninth general elections.

The Election Commission (EC) has so far announced "unofficial" results of 295 seats of the 300-seat parliament saying, that Hasina''s alliance has won 229 seats while her arch rival Khaleda Zia''s Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led four-party grouping won only 27 constituencies.

Dhaka, Dec 30 : Former Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina''s Awami League-led grand alliance has won a stunning landslide victory in the country's ninth general elections.

The Election Commission (EC) has so far announced "unofficial" results of 295 seats of the 300-seat parliament saying, that Hasina''s alliance has won 229 seats while her arch rival Khaleda Zia''s Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led four-party grouping won only 27 constituencies.

Dhaka  - Bangladesh's Awami League-led alliance of former premier Sheikh Hasina Wazed was heading for a landslide victory in Monday's general elections, according to results coming in to the Election Commission from across the country.

Out of 299 seats, the alliance won the 151 necessary to form a government, and was leading in most of the remaining constituencies. Political analysts said the number of Awami League-led alliance seats in parliament may surpass 200.

Dhaka  - Bangladesh's Awami League-led alliance of former premier Sheikh Hasina Wazed is leading the country's general elections on Monday, according to preliminary results coming in from across the country.

Early results from dozens out of 299 parliamentary constituencies reaching the Election Commission shows the Awami League and its allies ahead of prime rival the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance of Khaleda Zia.

A private television channel reported Hasina won by a big margin at her Gopalganj-3 constituency.

Dhaka, Dec 29 : Ninth Parliamentary Elections came to an after Bangladeshis voted today overwhelmingly to elect the ninth Parliament of the country after two years of the emergency rule.

Over 80 percent voters exercised their franchise in the election.

According to Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda, approximately 50 percent votes had been cast till 2pm when he visited poling centres in Dhaka.

"I''m happy over the pace of vote casting and so far the polling across the country is peaceful," he added.