Mohammad Salman Omar
Profile
- Party
- Independent
- Constituency
- Mymensingh-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
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Newly seated independent MP; no publicized committee assignments, parliamentary speeches, or bills on record as of mid-May 2026; focused on constituency presence in Haluaghat-Dhobaura area.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment Took oath as Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-1 at Sangsad Bhaban; oath administered by CEC AMM Nasir Uddin; also sworn as member of the Constitutional Reform Council. ↗↗
- 2026-02-12 vote Elected MP for Mymensingh-1 (Haluaghat-Dhobaura) with 108,265 votes (est. 40.90%), defeating BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Emran Saleh Prince (101,926 votes); margin 6,339 votes out of 264,673 valid votes across 143 centres. First parliament win in first-ever election. ↗↗
- 2026-01-16 controversy A BNP supporter was killed and several were injured in a clash between supporters of Salman Omar and BNP-nominated candidate Syed Emran Saleh Prince immediately after Salman Omar inaugurated his election office at Ershad Bazar, Dhobaura; two persons detained. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
TASK-SPECIFIED NUMBER 138 IS INCORRECT. Per EC delimitation and Wikipedia list of constituencies, constituency 138 is Jamalpur-1. Mymensingh-1 (Haluaghat-Dhobaura) is EC constituency 146. File written as cnst_138.json per task brief; constituency_number field records verified EC number 146. Consistent with the same discrepancy pattern documented in cnst_137.json and cnst_139.json. Vote counts from BSS official result page (108,265 vs 101,926; total valid 264,673 across 143 centres); Prothom Alo and New Age carried slightly different informal tallies (107,241 vs 100,736) from earlier count stages. BSS figures used as primary official source. Vote share percentages derived: 108265/264673 = 40.91%; 101926/264673 = 38.51%; margin = 2.40 pp. Salman Omar Rubel ran under the Motorcycle symbol. He is a first-time MP who won in his first-ever election. Prior BNP roles confirmed: Joint Convener BNP Mymensingh North District, and Dhobaura Upazila BNP President (Bangla sources: unnayansangbad.com, bssnews.net Bangla). He was expelled from BNP in January 2026. EC affidavit (wealth, income, criminal cases) not published in any accessible source as of verification date; fields left null per EC-only schema rule. Age, education, occupation: not reported in any available source; left null. 13th parliament oath: February 17, 2026 (all elected MPs). Registered voters: 483,712 (241,604 men, 242,104 women, 4 hijras) per ViewsBangladesh pre-election report.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mymensingh-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360793
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/kl8vqruxfu
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/hyjh6psint
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/elections/291192/all-7-winning-independents-bnp-rivals
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/bnp-rebel-candidates-supporter-stabbed-death-mymensingh-two-detained-4083016
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/clash-between-bnp-supporters-leaves-one-dead-mymensingh-1336101
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/361654
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/elected-mps-take-oath-members-parliament-well-constitution-reform-council
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-mymensingh-district/