Sheikh Zahangir Hossain Helal

Jamaat-e-Islami · Khulna-2 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party: Jamaat-e-Islami
Constituency: Khulna-2
Terms: 1
Disclosed wealth: —
Criminal cases: 0
Education: —
Cabinet role: —

First-term Jamaat-e-Islami MP; sits in opposition; primary local issue is waterlogging in Khulna City Corporation wards 16-31. No committee assignment confirmed yet in public record.

Recent activity

2026-03-14 statement Spoke at BNP Khulna city unit iftar and prayer gathering at district outer stadium; cross-party attendance alongside KCC Administrator Nazrul Islam Manju. ↗
2026-03-12 other Attended maiden session of 13th Jatiya Sangsad; Jamaat-e-Islami bloc (68 seats) endorsed temporary presiding officer nomination. ↗
2026-02-19 other Participated in Jamaat-e-Islami two-day MP orientation workshop covering parliamentary procedures, standing committees, and opposition strategy; approximately 80% of Jamaat's 68 newly elected MPs attended. ↗

Provenance & notes

Name spelling varies across sources: BSS uses 'Sheikh Jahangir Hussain Helal'; Wikipedia uses 'Sk. Zahangir Hossain Helal'. Both refer to the same person. Total valid votes (181,973) derived from BSS-reported 51.54% share applied to 93,789 winner votes; cross-checked against margin of 5,592 (93,789 minus 88,197). Registered electorate: 335,241 (Wikipedia) or 335,243 (BSS) across 158 polling centres. EC affidavit data (wealth, criminal cases) not available in public sources consulted; field left null per EC-only rule. Age not found in any source. Committee assignments not yet published. Jamaat last contested Khulna-2 before 2026 in the 1990s; this is a party gain from the Awami League which held the seat 2014-2024. [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status]

Sheikh Zahangir Hossain Helal

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