Md Rashedul Islam Rashed
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Sherpur-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- MSc, Population Science and Human Resource Development, Rajshahi University (2020)
- Cabinet role
- —
Defending Jamaat's Sherpur-3 election conduct in parliament (April 2026); no publicly documented constituency development initiatives yet.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-11 speech In parliament, refuted the state minister's account of the Sherpur-3 election, stating that false information had been presented and that the Jamaat candidate had announced a boycott before 14:00; part of a sharp parliamentary exchange over alleged vote rigging in Sherpur-3. ↗
- 2026-02-13 other Declared winner in Sherpur-1 with 127,811 votes, defeating BNP's Sansila Zebrin Priyanka (78,342 votes) by 49,469 votes across all 145 polling centres. Result announced by EC senior secretary at Nirbachan Bhaban. ↗
- 2026-02-13 legal BNP runner-up Priyanka announced she would challenge the result in court, citing implausibly low BNP votes (as few as 7) at certain polling centres, calling the result not credible. ↗
Provenance & notes
Vote count of 127,811 confirmed by EC senior secretary press briefing on 2026-02-13 (BSS). Runner-up votes (78,342) from same BSS report. Total valid votes and percentage shares not confirmed in available public sources; left null. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not surfaced in Bangladeshi press or votebd.org for this candidate; fields null pending EC gazette review. DOB 01 March 1990 from candidate's own website (mrashedulislam.info); age 36 as of May 2026. Education sourced from Wikipedia and TBS: BA and MA in Population Science and HRM, Rajshahi University. Party role as former Chhatra Shibir central president confirmed by multiple sources (BSS, TBS, Wikipedia). BNP court challenge status as of 2026-05-17: no ruling reported. Verification status 'partial': winner identity and vote count confirmed from 2 independent sources; affidavit and committee data unconfirmed. [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-2026/360490
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpur-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashedul_Islam_(politician)
- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/843e595fc9df
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-parliament-watch/parliament/news/opposition-alleges-vote-rigging-bogura-6-sherpur-3-parliament-sees-sharp-exchanges-4147826
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/surprise-upsets-shake-rivals-jamaat-topples-traditional-strongholds-1360866
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-sherpur-district/