Muhammad Azizur Rahman
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Jashore-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
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- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Active in parliament on Benapole port issues; constituency hosts Bangladesh's largest land port at Benapole with ongoing World Bank-funded infrastructure works.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-28 speech Raised Benapole Land Port conditions in parliament: questioned government on security lapses, infrastructure deficits, and worker welfare; Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam responded citing World Bank-funded drainage and port infrastructure works (355 crore taka) and promised improvements within two months. ↗
- 2026-04-27 constituency_visit Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited Sharsha upazila (Jashore-1) to inaugurate re-excavation of the Ulashi-Jadunathpur canal (original 1976 Ziaur Rahman project); local MP Azizur Rahman not named as attendee in official coverage. ↗↗↗
Provenance & notes
Vote counts are PARTIAL: 74 of 102 counting centres reported (BSS/viewsbangladesh live count). Azizur Rahman: 83,874; Liton (BNP): 67,813; Bakhtiar Rahman (IAB): 1,256; Jahangir Alam Chonchol (JP): 941; partial total: 153,884. Vote shares and margin computed from partial count only. A single search-engine summary cited 1,19,093 as Azizur Rahman's final vote and 93,542 for Liton, sourced to dailycountrytodaybd.com (HTTP 403, not independently verified); omitted pending confirmation. Sharsha Upazila area: 336.28 km2, population 387,631 (2022 census), 11 unions + Benapole municipality. Registered voters 263,500 as of 2018. Azizur Rahman is a long-standing Jamaat figure, district ameer 1986-2011, contested Jashore-1 in 2008 (lost to AL's Sheikh Afil Uddin 88,700 vs 94,556). EC affidavit data (wealth, criminal cases) not retrieved; requires direct ec.org.bd affidavit check. Jamaat won 5 of 6 Jashore district seats; BNP won one. MP assumed office 17 February 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-jessore-district/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharsha_Upazila
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/382287
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/381793
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/381849
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/381330
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/396462/jamaat-mp-candidate-leads-6-000-bike-rally-in