D5 (Jan)

Answer 1

Legislative
Jan. 7

Question 2

[BANGLADESH] What is the Prime Ministers name and how many terms has she secured?

Answer 2

Sheikh Hasina
Secured her fourth term

Question 3

[BANGLADESH] What is the name of the winning party, and how many seats (with allies) did they win?

Answer 3

Awami League
225 out of 300 seats

Question 4

[BANGLADESH] Who was the main opposition and what did they do?

Answer 4

Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Boycotted the election

Question 5

[TAIWAN] Type and date of election

Answer 5

Presidential and Legislative
Jan. 13

Question 6

[TAIWAN] Which party won the presidency with thee former vice president and what is his name?

Answer 6

Democratic Progressive Party
Lai Ching-te

Question 7

[TAIWAN] Who did they lose the majority to in the Legislative Yuan, and what are they planning?

Answer 7

Beijing-friendly Nationalist Party (aka Kuomintang)
Kuomintang has already set out to constrain Lai’s government

Question 8

[TAIWAN] Why was the election highly anticipated/watched?

Answer 8

Due to China’s control assertions over Taiwan