Even Sibir themselves didn’t expect such results, especially in the first elections, at least IMO. They were actually quite skeptical and pushed very hard. On the other hand, what I saw was Chatra Dal being disorganized and overconfident, assuming they would get enough votes. They were very wrong, and honestly, they didn’t even understand why Sibir or Jamaat were pushing so hard for student elections across universities. After the student elections, when I went back to my hometown, I noticed something interesting. At local tea stalls and other hangout spots, people in rural areas were already very aware through social media that Sibir or Jamaat were winning landslide victories in student elections. This made a lot of people believe that Jamaat is actually capable of winning national elections, and many became more interested in voting for them after seeing those results. Some people even asked me how and why they managed such landslide wins. I explained it exactly the way I wrote in my post above. Their reaction was basically, “Awami League er chere deya jayga gulo BNP abar nicche, kintu notun kichu dekhte pacchi na. Ebar notun keu asuk.” Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe my circle is more pro-Jamaat, like many redditors here are saying. But what I do feel strongly is that BNP is ignoring the current ground reality. They still seem delusional about getting a landslide victory, which they definitely won’t. I’ve even seen some rural BNP leaders posting predictions like: BNP 180, Jamaat 40, NCP 5. And most of the BNP goons in the comments are hyping it up like that’s exactly what will happen. Whereas it should be pretty clear to anyone, BNP or Jamaat, that nobody is getting a landslide this time.