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Sultan Salauddin Tuku

BNP · Tangail-5 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party
BNP
Constituency
Tangail-5
Terms
1
Disclosed wealth
—
Criminal cases
0
Education
—
Cabinet role
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock

State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock in the Tarique Rahman cabinet; actively executing constituency development pledges (canal excavation, Farmer Card distribution) while managing ministry-level sector reform.

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Provenance & notes

CONSTITUENCY NUMBER CORRECTION: The task brief specified number 158, but the true EC number for Tangail-5 (Tangail Sadar) is 134, confirmed independently by Wikipedia's Tangail-5 article and the List of constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad. Constituency 158 is Netrokona-2 (Netrokona Sadar + Barhatta upazilas). constituency_number set to 134 (truth). DIVISION CORRECTION: The task brief stated Mymensingh division, but Tangail district is part of Dhaka Division (Mymensingh Division comprises only Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Netrokona, Sherpur districts since 2015). VOTE COUNTS: Winner (Tuku) 131,279 and runner-up (Ahsan Habib Masud, Jamaat) 80,283 sourced from BSS primary report. Third candidate Advocate Farhad Iqbal (Independent, BNP rebel expelled from party) received 68,728 votes per additional sources. Total valid votes not publicly confirmed; vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, and margin_percent left null to avoid imputation. EC affidavit for wealth and criminal cases not publicly accessible; wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases left null/empty per EC-only rule. NOTE: BSS/other sources reported Tuku faced approximately 350 politically-motivated cases and 12 terms of imprisonment during the Awami League era -- these are not ongoing criminal cases from his EC affidavit and are not listed under criminal_cases. Tuku previously contested Tangail-2 twice and lost both times; this is his first MP win (term_count=1, prior_terms empty). Cabinet role: initially sworn in as State Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Animal Resources on Feb 17; subsequently the Fisheries and Livestock portfolio was separated and he now holds State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock (confirmed by mofl.gov.bd officer listing). Education not available from any accessible primary source. verification_status set to partial: constituency boundaries, MP identity, vote count for winner and runner-up are cross-verified from 2+ sources; total valid votes and vote shares remain unconfirmed. [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status]

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