Hamidur Rahman
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Dhaka-7
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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First-term BNP MP representing Old Dhaka's Lalbagh-Chawkbazar belt; attended parliamentary session April 2026 and participated in debate on the president's address.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-15 speech Participated in parliament debate on the president's address; invited by Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal to speak on the floor of the Jatiya Sangsad. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Member of Parliament for Dhaka-7 as part of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; BNP forms government with Tarique Rahman as PM. ↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 180 confirmed: parliament.gov.bd lists Constituency 180 as Dhaka-7; Wikipedia Dhaka-7 article and BSS confirm same. Area: Dhaka South City Corporation thanas of Lalbagh, Chawkbazar, Bangshal, Kamrangirchar, Kotwali (wards 23-33, 35, 36 per EC delimitation; these are urban thanas not upazilas -- schema upazilas field used for thana names as the city has no upazila-level breakdown). Vote counts (Hamidur 104,666; Enayet Ullah 98,483; total 226,175) sourced from Prothom Alo margin table and cross-checked against BSS result. Math: 104666/226175=46.28%, 98483/226175=43.54%, margin=2.74 pp, raw margin=6,183 votes -- consistent with BSS '6 thousand 183 votes' margin and Daily Star's live lead figures. Hamidur Rahman born 20 January 1967 (age 59 in 2026) per Wikipedia; first-time MP. BNP National Executive Committee membership confirmed by TBS and Daily Star candidate profiles. occupation_pre_politics=Businessman per multiple news accounts; no more specific trade confirmed. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases null: EC affidavit data not publicly accessible at time of verification -- do not impute (EC-only rule applied). Boundary not redrawn in 2024 per available EC records; no delimitation change noted in any source. ISF independent rebel Ishaq Sarker ran in this seat and reportedly split the BNP vote during the campaign per Daily Star pre-election report, but final results reflect Rahman's win nonetheless. BNP wins all 5 Dhaka district metro constituencies confirmed by TBSNews. Parliament sworn Feb 17 2026, Tarique Rahman PM confirmed.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360721
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidur_Rahman_(Bangladeshi_politician)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka-7
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/2b9cr33b9c
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/national-election-2026/news/bnp-ahead-dhaka-7-9-18-ncps-nahid-leading-dhaka-11-4104751
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-parliament-watch/parliament/news/no-phone-calls-no-photos-the-house-chief-whip-tells-mps-4152246
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/meet-bnps-candidates-4-more-dhaka-constituencies-1302106