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AZM Rezwanul Haque

Independent · Dinajpur-5 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party
Independent
Constituency
Dinajpur-5
Terms
2
Disclosed wealth
Criminal cases
0
Education
Cabinet role
Provenance & notes

Winner vote count (113,650) and runner-up (108,948) confirmed by BSS official results page and Wikipedia Dinajpur-5 article. An earlier BSS news article (360968) cited 114,484 votes -- likely an unofficial/preliminary count; the official BSS results page and Wikipedia both give 113,650, which is used here. Total valid votes (338,634) and turnout (70.92%) from Wikipedia Dinajpur-5. Vote shares: 113650/338634=33.56%, 108948/338634=32.18% (Wikipedia rounds to 32.17%, used here). Margin = 1.39 pp. Haque joined BNP in 1995, was Dinajpur district BNP convener and national executive committee member; expelled by BNP for contesting as rebel (lock symbol) against official BNP nominee Barrister AKM Kamruzzaman. First term: 6th Parliament, Feb-Jun 1996 (short-term; election annulled). Contested as BNP in 12 Jun 1996, 2001, 2008, 2018 -- all losses. BNP official candidate Kamruzzaman received 98,544 votes (third place per BSS report 360968 preliminary count). Upazilas: Fulbari and Parbatipur per Wikipedia. EC affidavit PDF not accessible; wealth_disclosed_bdt, criminal_cases null. Age, education, occupation not found in any accessible source; verification_status set to partial. Jamaat-e-Islami withdrew candidate to support NCP's Abdul Ahad under pre-election alliance. [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status]

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