Abu Sayeed Chand
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Rajshahi-6
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
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- Criminal cases
- 2
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Government-benches MP (BNP) for Rajshahi-6; Rajshahi District BNP Convener; attending district administration committees; constituency focus on char-dweller rights, river erosion, rural roads, and health infrastructure.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-12 constituency_visit Attended Rajshahi district law and order committee meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Kazi Shahidul Islam; meeting addressed fuel oil manipulation, illegal pond excavation, crime control, drug enforcement, and commodity price stability. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Assumed office as MP for Rajshahi-6 (Bagha-Charghat) following BNP victory in 13th National Parliamentary Election; first-time parliamentarian; pledged to prioritise health, education, river erosion prevention, and rural road connectivity. ↗↗
- 2026-02-13 other Jamaat runner-up Principal Nazmul Haque visited Chand's residence to offer congratulations with flowers and sweets; both parties pledged collaborative development for the constituency. ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count 148,672 confirmed by BSS (primary source with postal ballot breakdown: 147,359 booth + 1,313 postal). Runner-up Nazmul Haque (Jamaat) received 92,965 votes (91,460 + 1,505 postal); absolute margin 55,707 confirmed by BSS. Two other candidates contested: Iqbal Hossain (Jatiya Party) and Abdus Salam Suroj (Islami Andolan Bangladesh); individual counts not published in accessible sources. Total valid votes and vote_share_percent therefore null. Registered voters: approximately 357,054 (Wikipedia); turnout approximately 70.1% (Wikipedia). Boundary redrawn_2024: constituency was created in 2008 via reapportionment (Sirajganj seat transferred to Rajshahi); no 2024 delimitation change found. Age, education, Bangla name: not reported in any accessible primary source at verification date. Criminal cases: all cases filed under Hasina-era government (2023); political transition August 2024 saw widespread withdrawal of opposition-era cases; specific withdrawal status for Chand's cases not confirmed in publicly available sources at verification date. Per EC-only rule, wealth/criminal data sourced from news coverage of EC affidavit disclosures; no EC affidavit directly accessed. Committee memberships: 13th parliament newly seated; no assignments published. Attendance: parliament has not published session attendance records.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajshahi-6
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360756
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/356429
- https://www.bssnews.net/interview/358818
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/361282
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/377189
- https://www.newagebd.net/article/213233/rajshahi-bnp-convenor-chand-jailed-for-3-years-over-fraud-case
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/threatening-pm-rajshahi-bnp-leader-chand-placed-5-day-remand-3329391
- https://bdnews24.com/national-election-2026/2e8634fb1d72
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad