Gazi Enamul Haque
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Jashore-5
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Focused on Monirampur constituency work: Bhabodah waterlogging relief, farmer support during Boro harvest, and confronting alleged BNP attacks on Jamaat activists. No parliamentary committee assignments or legislative activity found as of 2026-05-17.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-16 constituency_visit Attended as special guest at a government-convened workshop on permanent solutions to the Bhabodah waterlogging crisis; workshop covered drainage management, river excavation, and tidal river management for approximately 98,000 hectares across Jashore and Khulna districts including Monirampur upazila. ↗
- 2026-05-02 statement Held press conference at Jashore Press Club alleging BNP activists attacked, vandalized, and fired on Jamaat workers and offices in Monirampur; issued 48-hour ultimatum demanding arrest of named perpetrators and compensation for Jamaat office damage. ↗
- 2026-04-26 constituency_visit After Fajr prayers, joined farmers to harvest Boro rice at Arpata wetland (Monirampur) to encourage broader community support for farmers amid labor shortage; 27,010 hectares planted with Boro rice this season with expected yield of approximately 16,260 tons. ↗
- 2026-02-25 constituency_visit Received at Monirampur Press Club in a journalist reception and iftar mahfil; committed to making Monirampur a model upazila free from terrorism, extortion, and drugs. ↗
Provenance & notes
Winner Gazi Enamul Haque (Jamaat-e-Islami): 132,858 votes from 128 polling centers. Runner-up Shahid Md. Iqbal Hossain (Independent, rebel BNP): 85,517. Third Rashid Ahmad (BNP/JUI-nominated): 55,419. Three-candidate confirmed total: 273,794. Total valid votes and vote share percentages not available from accessible sources; six candidates contested. BNP's official nominee Rashid Ahmad was a late substitution for local leader Shahid Iqbal, whose rebellion split the anti-Jamaat vote and enabled Haque's victory. MP born c. 1957; joined Chhatra Shibir 1978, Jamaat member 1991, practicing lawyer in Jashore since 1992. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not retrieved; direct EC portal access required. Constituency covers Monirampur Upazila only: 1 municipality, 17 unions, 246 mauzas, 235 villages, 444.20 sq km (second largest upazila in Bangladesh), population 454,541 (2022 census). Key local issue: Bhabodah waterlogging affecting 98,000 hectares across Jashore and Khulna.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessore-5
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-jessore-district/
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/nomination-missteps-internal-rifts-blamed-bnps-jashore-setback-1361101
- https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/reception-to-mp-gazi-enamul-haque-by-journalists,-iftar-mahfil-held-at-monirampur-press-club
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/387652
- https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/1094082
- https://www.onenewsbd.com/2026/05/02/533169
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manirampur_Upazila
- https://www.amarsangbad.com/country/news/337975