Md. Abdul Wares
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Gaibandha-5
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Opposition MP aligned with Jamaat-e-Islami's stance against the Muktijoddha Council bill that labels the party a 1971 collaborator; no constituency-specific statements on record in the 90-day window.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-09 vote Jamaat MPs, including Gaibandha bloc, voted against the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Bill 2026 which retained Jamaat-e-Islami as a named collaborator of Pakistani forces in 1971; Jamaat Ameer demanded removal of party name from the definition on the floor of parliament. ↗↗
- 2026-03-01 other Jamaat-e-Islami organised a two-day orientation workshop for its 68 newly elected MPs (approximately 80% first-timers) covering parliamentary procedures, bills, budgets, and standing committee roles; Wares would have been among attendees as a first-term MP. ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count 89,274 and runner-up 73,483 confirmed by BD Pratidin (13 Feb 2026 election night report) and Wikipedia (Gaibandha-5 article). BSS Rangpur division summary confirms Jamaat won four of five Gaibandha seats. Total valid votes not published by any indexed source; vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null to avoid fabrication. Electorate: 467,328 registered voters across 142 polling centres (BSS pre-election report). Constituency covers 10 unions of Saghata upazila and 7 unions of Phulchhari upazila. MP biographical details (age, education, occupation, wealth, criminal cases) not available from any indexed source as of 2026-05-17; EC affidavit not retrieved. Name_bangla not confirmed. Activity score 2: no constituency-specific public statements found; only party-level parliamentary bloc activity documented. Notable events attributed to Jamaat parliamentary bloc as a whole; individual Wares participation not confirmed by name in any source.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaibandha-5
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://en.bd-pratidin.com/national/2026/02/13/56894
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360690
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360156
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/parliament/c9hbifwpfr
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/parliament/407357/jatiya-muktijoddha-council-amendment-bill-passed