<P> Sheikh Hasina lost to Khaleda Zia in 1991 parliamentary election after managing to win 88 seats and her party sat in opposition benches . She boycotted the 1996 February 15 elections giving Khaleda Zia a default victory . </P> <P> Awami League won 146 seats in the 1996 June 12 parliamentary elections . The support of the Jatiya Party and a few independent candidates were enough for the 150 or more seats needed for the required majority . Sheikh Hasina took the oath as the prime minister of Bangladesh . She vowed to create a Government of National Unity . Though some smaller parties and a few individuals from BNP did join the government, the distance between the main two political parties as well as their leaders remained as large as ever . </P> <P> Awami League was defeated in the 2001 Parliament election . It won only 62 seats in the Parliament, while the Four - Party Alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party won more than 200 seats, giving them a two - third majority in the Parliament . Sheikh Hasina herself was defeated from a constituency in Rangpur, which happened to contain her husband's hometown, but won from three other seats . Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League rejected the results, claiming that the election was rigged with the help of the President and the Caretaker government . However, the international community was largely satisfied with the elections and the Four - Party Alliance went on to form the government . </P> <P> In the December 2008 election, Sheikh Hasina's Awami league got a landslide victory winning 230 seats, which gave them the two - thirds majority in the parliament . She made an alliance with JP and left fronts and her grand alliance won 252 seats in the parliament . Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister on 6 January 2009 . She is still the prime minister of Bangladesh after winning a walkover 5 January 2014 election when Khaleda Zia's BNP boycotted the general election . </P>

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