Md. Selim Reza
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Sirajganj-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
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Constituency-focused in early post-election months: mass iftar events, pledges on drug eradication and law enforcement in Kazipur; no parliamentary statement or committee activity documented publicly as of May 2026
Recent activity
- 2026-02-24 constituency_visit Hosted iftar for approximately 10,000 attendees at Chalitadanga B.B.N High School field, Kazipur; pledged zero tolerance on drugs, elimination of terrorism and extortion, and restoration of madrasas, cemeteries, and temples across the constituency ↗
- 2026-02-13 other Declared winner of Sirajganj-1 seat in 13th National Parliament election with 116,613 votes, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md. Shahinur Alam (108,815 votes); first BNP victory in Sirajganj-1 in 54 years ↗↗↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP for 13th National Parliament on February 17, 2026 ↗
- 2026-02-13 statement Stated that AL supporters and religious minorities also voted for him; positioned himself as MP for all of Kazipur regardless of party affiliation ↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: MP identity (Md. Selim Reza, BNP) confirmed by Wikipedia, BSS, Kaler Kantho, BD Pratidin, and multiple Bangla outlets. Winner vote count 116,613 and runner-up (Shahinur Alam, Jamaat) count 108,815 from BSS election results page. Margin 7,798 votes; vote share percentages null because total valid votes across all candidates not found in any accessible source -- cannot reliably compute shares from top-2 alone. Constituency covers Kazipur Upazila plus 4 unions of Sirajganj Sadar; boundary is the pre-2008 configuration restored by EC in 2024 delimitation exercise (boundary_redrawn_2024 kept false as restoration, not new redraw). Age 62 derived from birth date January 11, 1964 (Bangla Wikipedia; note article body states November 1 as discrepancy -- January 11 from infobox used as primary). Party role: Former President of Kazipur Upazila BNP per nomination reports. First parliamentary term; contested and lost 2020 by-election in same seat (BNP boycotted official count). EC affidavit (wealth, income, criminal cases) not publicly accessible via ecs.gov.bd/ec.org.bd at time of verification -- null per rules. committee_memberships null: 13th parliament committee assignments not published in accessible sources as of May 2026. No news of parliamentary bills, speeches, or committee activity found in 90-day window; activity score 2 reflects constituency-level visibility only. [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/Sirajganj-1
- https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%83_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bssnews.net/perlament-election-2026
- https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2026/02/13/1646828
- https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country/2026/02/24/1220849
- https://janaterkantha.com/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87/
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/bnp-picks-jahangir-selim-for-dhaka-18-sirajganj-1-by-polls/58719
- https://www.ajkerpatrika.com/bangladesh/ajpv2dcposb0c