DHAKA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party crossed the halfway mark to win the parliamentary election on Friday, a local TV station showed, as ballots were counted in a pivotal vote that is expected to restore political stability in the troubled South Asian country.
BNP had won 151 seats in the 300-member parliament, Ekattor TV showed, securing a simple majority.
(Reporting by Krishna Das and Tora Agarwala; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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