The Awami League-led grand alliance has swept back to power after seven years out of office with a stunning landslide victory in an environment of free and fair elections that clearly showed the people's verdict for a change and has consigned the BNP-led four-party alliance to the political wilderness. As of 3:30 in the morning, the grand alliance had clinched 175 seats compared to 23, down from 217 in 2001, won by its archrival BNP-led four-party alliance, more than enough to form the next government. Jamaat-e-Islami, the BNP's key ally in the four-party alliance, has seen its once-proud seat tally plummet from 17 in 2001 to a humiliating two, in what appears to be a wholesale rejection of the party by the voters. A 'rebel' candidate from Jamaat-e-Islami also won from Cox's Bazar-2.
| As of 3:30 in the morning, the grand alliance had clinched 175 seats compared to 23 won by its archrival BNP-led four-party alliance, more than enough to form the next government. |
...and "hope" too, I'll bet.
The four-party alliance offered few new ideas to the voters and appeared to have learned nothing from its two years on the sidelines during which many of its senior leaders were incarcerated on corruption charges.
How about "don't get caught"?