Hasina wins fifth term as Bangladesh PM after opposition boycotts vote

Turnout reportedly as low as 40% after opposition party called general strike over sham election'

Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has won office for a fifth term, in an election that was overshadowed by a ruthless crackdown on the opposition and low voter turnout.

The election commission announced in the early hours of Monday that Hasina's ruling Awami League had won a fourth consecutive term, winning almost 75% of the seats. It will be her fifth term as prime minister as she had previously ruled between 1996 and 2001, before coming back to power in 2009.