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Gayeshwar Chandra Roy

BNP · Dhaka-3 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party
BNP
Constituency
Dhaka-3
Terms
1
Disclosed wealth
Criminal cases
0
Education
Cabinet role

Active as BNP Standing Committee member and MP; vocal advocate for Hindu minority rights within BNP's framework; member of Business Advisory Committee and Committee on Privileges in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.

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Provenance & notes

EC constituency number 176 confirmed by Wikipedia's List of constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad and banglastream.net; matches the user's supplied number -- no correction needed. Constituency covers 5 unions of Keraniganj Upazila only (Aganagar, Konda, Subhadya, Tegharia, Zinjira); boundary not redrawn in 2024 (Dhaka-2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14 were redrawn; Dhaka-3 was not). Vote counts per BSS (official government wire) and Wikipedia: 99,163 (Roy) / 83,264 (Shahinur Islam). Prothom Alo English edition reports slightly different figures (98,785 / 82,232); BSS and Wikipedia are used as authoritative. total_valid_votes (193,292) derived from Wikipedia-stated share 51.30%: 99,163 / 0.5130 = 193,292; cross-check: 83,264 / 193,292 = 43.08% matches Wikipedia. Margin: 51.30 - 43.08 = 8.22 pp. Total registered voters per banglastream: 3,62,161. Roy was appointed State Minister for Environment and Forest and State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock (1991-1996) via technocrat quota under PM Khaleda Zia -- he was NOT directly elected in 1991; 2026 is his first elected parliamentary term, so term_count = 1 and prior_terms is empty. Roy born 1 November 1951, age 74 as of verification date. EC affidavit wealth and criminal_cases data not publicly accessible at time of verification; left null/empty per EC-only rule. Committee memberships (Business Advisory Committee, Committee on Privileges) confirmed by UNB report on first-day Jatiya Sangsad sitting, 17 February 2026.

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