Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday said the referendum and 13th parliamentary election held on Thursday (February 12) could be considered very good by any standard in the history of the country’s elections.

“If you judge it by any standard in the history of this country and its electoral history, it can be considered a very good election,” he said at a post-election briefing at 10:00pm on Thursday night at the city’s Nirbachan Bhaban.

The CEC said his commission had successfully delivered to the nation a quite neutral and credible election in line with its commitment.

“We have all been able to deliver to the nation the election with collective efforts. We are grateful to the Almighty. We believe that our efforts and works have been a success,” he said.

Nasir Uddin said they had promised to present the nation a fully neutral and credible election amid a festive environment. “We believe that we’ve been able to do so,” he said.

The referendum and the 13th parliamentary election were held on Thursday in a festive and peaceful atmosphere in 299 out of 300 constituencies across the country.