61.1% want election within a yr, 65.9% want reforms first

About 61.1 percent people of Bangladesh believe that the next national election should be held within a year. However, about 65.9 percent believe the election should be held only after completion of necessary reforms.

Recently, a survey conducted under the supervision of Voice of America Bengal has revealed these facts.
After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, an interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus came to power on August 8.

The survey, carried out by ORG-Quest Research Limited under VOA Bangla’s editorial guidance, between October 13 and 27 across the country. The survey gathered responses from 1,000 individuals aged 18 and above.

Using a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) method, participants were selected via random digit dialing (RDD), ensuring a representative sample. The survey has a margin of error of 3.1%.

The survey was conducted by random digital dialling method. The sample of the survey was taken from ORG-Quest Research Limited's own database of all possible combinations of mobile numbers in Bangladesh published by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in 2017. The sample for the survey was selected through Simple Random Sampling (SRS) using an R-based program.

About 60.4 percent of urban people and 61.4 percent of those who live in villages want the next national election within the next one year. Of them, 57.3 percent are men and 65 percent are women.

Among young people (aged 18 to 34), 62.4 percent want the next election within a year, and among those 35 and older, 59.8 percent want the next national election within a year.

About 18.9 percent in urban areas and 18.6 percent in rural areas want the election within the next two to three years. 20.3 percent of men and 17.1 percent of women who took part in the survey voted in favour of holding the next national election in two to three years. 15.2 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds and 22.4 percent of those 35 and older think the next election should be held in two to three years.

10.3 percent of urban, 8 percent of rural, 5.2 percent of men, 5.2 percent of women, 8.6 percent of young people (18 to 34 years old) and 8.6 percent of those 35 years or older voted in favour of holding the next election within 18 months.