Nazrul Islam Mondol
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Rajshahi-5
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
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- Criminal cases
- 0
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- Cabinet role
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Advocate for regional water governance: pushing for a UN/World Bank-supervised multinational river commission to secure Bangladesh's share of Ganges flow at Farakka.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-17 statement Mondol participated in Farakka Long March Day event on the Padma riverbank in Rajshahi city, where speakers demanded a regional river commission (China, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh) under UN and World Bank supervision to ensure equitable Ganges water sharing. ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count (153,425) and vote share (63.5%) sourced from Wikipedia Rajshahi-5 article. BSS partial count (from 135 of 135 polling centers) gave 152,835, consistent with Wikipedia final. Runner-up Manzoor Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami, Scales symbol) received 73,445 votes (30.4%). Total valid votes derived: 153,425 / 0.635 = ~241,614; cross-check turnout: 353,174 registered * 0.684 turnout = ~241,571 (consistent within rounding). Margin = 33.1 pp. Six candidates contested per BSS pre-election report; remaining four candidates (Ruhul Amin, Islami Andolan; Altaf Hossain Mollah, Bangladesh Supreme Party; two independents Isfa Khairul Haque and Rezaul Karim) vote tallies not published in available sources. Born 15 February 1953 in Puthia Upazila (Wikipedia); age 73 as of 2026-05-17. Wikipedia states this is his first term as MP; he previously contested in 2008 and 2018 under BNP. Constituency vacant Aug 6, 2024 to Feb 17, 2026 (12th Sangsad MP Mansur Rahman seat). EC affidavit wealth and criminal case data not publicly accessible at verification time -- null applied per protocol. activity_score 2: only one documented public event found in 90-day window; new MP, parliament recently convened.