Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, will hold its 12th general election on Sunday to choose a new administration. However, the vote is already attracting attention in a nation with a troubled past of violence and demonstrations against shady polls.Only four of Bangladesh’s eleven elections since the nation’s separation from Pakistan in 1971 have been deemed to be “free and fair.” The others have regularly been entangled in protests, rioting, and accusations of vote-rigging. The opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) decided to boycott this year’s elections after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected their requests for an impartial caretaker administration to oversee the voting process. In the past, caretaker governments have typically produced outcomes.