Anindya Islam Amit
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Jashore-3
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- SSC 1991; HSC from Jhenaidah Cadet College 1993; BSc Honours in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka 1996; MSc in Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka; MBA, North South University 2002
- Cabinet role
- State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; actively managing national energy shortfall and advocating for constituency development including Bhabodah waterlogging resolution and Jessore Medical College Hospital
Recent activity
- 2026-05-16 statement Addressed drainage management workshop at Jashore Shilpakala Academy; pledged permanent government solution to Bhabodah waterlogging affecting 98,000 hectares across 4 upazilas in Jashore and 2 in Khulna ↗
- 2026-04-27 constituency_visit Inspected venues and coordinated logistics for Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to Jashore; PM laid foundation stone for Jessore Medical College Hospital and inaugurated Ulashi canal re-excavation ↗↗
- 2026-04-23 speech Spoke under Rule 300 in Jatiya Sangsad on energy crisis; disclosed electricity demand-supply gap (demand 16,000 MW vs supply 14,126 MW) and announced 110 MW trial load-shedding shift from Dhaka to ease rural power shortfall ↗↗
- 2026-04-22 statement Confirmed sufficient fuel supply secured for May 2026, with procurement underway for June and July; disclosed stock levels: diesel 113,085 t, furnace oil 77,546 t, octane 31,821 t, petrol 18,021 t ↗
- 2026-04-17 statement Announced Bangladesh holds sufficient fuel reserves to meet demand through April and May; said government pursuing alternative import sources for crude and refined fuel ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count (201,339) and runner-up (Md Abdul Kader, Jamaat-e-Islami, 187,463 votes) confirmed by BSS. vote_share_percent and total_valid_votes are null: the '290,758 Yes votes' figure in BSS refers to the concurrent constitutional referendum, not parliamentary election valid votes -- imputing from that figure would be incorrect. margin in raw votes = 13,876. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null: EC affidavit not publicly accessible at time of verification; per schema instructions, EC-only data only. Amit is son of late Tariqul Islam (BNP Standing Committee; held Jessore-3 in 6th and 8th parliaments, died 4 November 2018); this is Amit's first parliamentary term. Constituency covers Jessore Sadar Upazila minus Basundia Union. verification_status = partial: winner, runner-up vote counts, and activity confirmed from 2+ BSS and Wikipedia sources; vote share fields unverifiable without official EC total valid votes count. [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-2026/360895
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anindya_Islam_Amit
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-3
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/380796
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/378736
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/376811
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/387652
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/cxcdmausue
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/power-energy/408502/anindya-islam-amit-dhaka-load-shedding-decided-to