Md. Keramat Ali
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Chapai Nawabganj-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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First-term Jamaat MP representing Shibganj upazila; participating in opposition bloc walkouts over referendum reform and contested legislation; no constituency-specific policy statement on record.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-09 vote Participated in Jamaat-led opposition walkout from parliament in protest against passage of the Local Government (Municipality) Amendment Bill 2026 and other bills deemed anti-people. ↗↗
- 2026-04-01 vote Participated in Jamaat-led opposition walkout over government failure to provide a clear decision on referendum reform, led by Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman. ↗
- 2026-02-13 appointment Sworn in as MP for Chapai Nawabganj-1 (Shibganj) following Jamaat-e-Islami victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Election. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency 43 confirmed via Wikipedia (Chapai Nawabganj-1 article) and List of 13th Jatiya Sangsad members. Shibganj upazila is the sole upazila per Wikipedia and BSS. MP Md. Keramat Ali confirmed by Wikipedia, BSS, and multiple news sources. He holds a doctoral degree (referred to as 'Dr.' in Jamaat candidate lists). Election held 2026-02-13; 206,893 votes from BSS (state news agency, authoritative); runner-up Md. Shahjahan Mia (BNP) 162,515 votes per BSS. A conflicting figure of 189,876 appeared in deshkalnews citing 159 polling centres; BSS figure adopted as more authoritative. Total valid votes not published in accessible sources; vote shares and margin set null. Two candidates' votes sum to 369,408; other candidates (Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Jatiya Party, Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijote, Bangladesh Islami Front) account for the remainder. Keramat Ali is a first-term national MP; no prior Jatiya Sangsad terms found. EC affidavit data (wealth, criminal cases) not publicly accessible at verification date. 13th Sangsad committee assignments not yet published; committee_memberships and attendance null. verification_status set to partial: winner, party, and constituency geography confirmed from 2+ sources, but total valid votes, vote shares, and MP biography remain unverified. Recent activity events are Jamaat-bloc-wide (not Keramat Ali-specific); no constituency-specific statements or visits found within the 90-day window. Chapai Nawabganj district elected all three Jamaat candidates in 2026 (cnst 43, 44, 45). [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status]
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapai_Nawabganj-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bssnews.net/perlament-election-2026
- https://www.deshkalnews.com/national-election/19895
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/opposition-stages-walkout-over-municipality-other-bills-parliament-1407451
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-parliament-watch/parliament/news/opposition-stages-walkout-over-anti-people-bills-parliament-4147676
- https://banglamirrornews.com/2026/04/01/opposition-walks-out-of-parliament-over-referendum-issue/
- https://english.thedailycampus.com/politics/791
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-chapainawabganj-district/