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Abu Sayeed Chand

BNP · Rajshahi-6 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Party
BNP
Constituency
Rajshahi-6
Terms
1
Disclosed wealth
Criminal cases
2
Education
Cabinet role

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.

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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.

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