Md. Anwarul Islam

Winner confirmed by BSS News (state wire) and Wikipedia Kurigram-1 article. Vote counts from BSS News: winner 141,090, runner-up (BNP's Saifur Rahman Rana) 123,025, margin 18,065 votes. Total valid votes (360,482) and vote shares (winner 39.14%, runner-up 34.13%) from Wikipedia Kurigram-1 article; independently verified: 141090/360482=39.14%, 123025/360482=34.13%, margin=5.01 pp. A Manabik Bangladesh article gave a slightly lower runner-up count (117,356) and margin (17,292) -- likely partial/unofficial; BSS figure used as primary. Constituency covers Bhurungamari and Nageshwari upazilas. Candidate is referred to as 'Professor' (Adhyapak) in multiple Bengali-language sources; he heads the Economics Department at Rangpur Model College. He is a former president of Chhatra Shibir (Jamaat student wing) at Carmichael College Rangpur, and former secretary of Rangpur Metropolitan Jamaat. His residential address per Daily Inqilab: Baghandar village, Union 5, Bhurungamari Sadar. Party symbol: Daripalla (balance scale). Gono Odhikar Parishad candidate Bin Yamin Molla withdrew before polling and endorsed Islam. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not publicly accessible at time of verification -- age and wealth fields left null; criminal_cases left empty per schema rules (not imputed). Parliament website (parliament.gov.bd) did not return committee assignments for this MP as of 2026-05-17.