Muhammad Ali Asghar
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Pabna-3
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
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- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Elected opposition MP (Jamaat-e-Islami) for Pabna-3; parliament seated 12 March 2026; no constituency visits or parliamentary statements found in public sources for the 90-day window ending 2026-05-17
Recent activity
- 2026-02-13 controversy BNP candidate Hasan Zafir Tuhin led a siege of the Pabna DC office demanding a full vote recount in Pabna-3, alleging irregularities in canceled-vote counts and center-wise tallies; the DC pledged to forward the complaint to the Election Commission and security forces dispersed protesters by 7 PM ↗↗
- 2026-02-12 other Elected MP for Pabna-3 in the 13th National Parliamentary Election with 147,475 votes, defeating BNP's Hasan Zafir Tuhin (144,206 votes) by a margin of 3,269 votes; 8 candidates contested ↗↗
Provenance & notes
verification_status=partial: MP identity (Muhammad Ali Asghar, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pabna-3) confirmed by 5+ independent sources (BSS, Prothom Alo, Wikipedia EN+BN, BDNews24). Winner vote count 147,475 and runner-up 144,206 consistent across BSS and Prothom Alo. Margin 3,269 independently confirmed by Prothom Alo. 8 candidates contested per election preview sources (Gana Adhikar Parishad, Islami Andolan, Bangladesh Supreme Party, Jamaat, BNP, Gana Forum, Jatiya Party, independent); individual votes for candidates 3-8 not published. Total valid votes and vote share percents are null: deriving from top-2 only would understate total. EC affidavit (wealth_disclosed_bdt, criminal_cases) not publicly accessible at time of verification; null per rules. MP carries 'Maulana' honorific (Islamic scholar) confirmed by multiple pre-election reports; formal education details not in any public source. Age not published in any accessible source. Party role within Jamaat not confirmed. Committee memberships: 13th parliament committees were being constituted in March 2026; no assignment for this MP found in accessible sources. activity_score=1: only election-night and post-election protest events in window; no constituency visits or parliamentary statements found. Runner-up Hasan Zafir Tuhin is central president of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal (BNP farmers wing). Constituency boundaries: Chatmohar + Bhangura + Faridpur upazilas, Pabna district, Rajshahi division. boundary_redrawn_2024=false: Wikipedia records 2013 as last delimitation. Previously held by Mokbul Hossen (AL) 2008-2024 before AL boycott/exclusion from 13th election. 13th parliament maiden session: 12 March 2026. [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://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360907
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/local-news/jt2imzx7wu
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabna-3
- https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A7%A9
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/national-election-2026/news/pabna-3-4-seats-bnp-demands-vote-recount-4105681
- https://bdnews24.com/national-election-2026/16372e705970
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/368140