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Parliament Watch
BNP · Gazipur-2
Active on local constituency programmes in Gazipur-2 (tree plantation, anti-drug youth sports); no reported stance on a major national controversy in the period.
Inaugurated the Tree Plantation Programme 2026-30 as chief guest by planting a sapling on the Bangladesh Open University campus in Gazipur.
Chief guest at the opening of the Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman Gold Cup Football Tournament 2026 at Shaheed Barkat Stadium, Gazipur, where he called sports a principal tool for building a drug-free society.
Constituency number 195 confirmed independently by BSS and Wikipedia -- no discrepancy from the assigned number. Boundary last redrawn in 2008 (5th seat added to Gazipur district per 2001 census); EC 2023 draft changes were subsequently reverted by court order per December 2025 EC decision, leaving 2008 lines in force. Geographic coverage is Gazipur City Corporation wards 19-39 and 43-57 plus Gazipur Cantonment; this spans the Tongi and Gacha thana areas (RMG-heavy) plus parts of Gazipur Sadar under the GCC -- the constituency does not correspond to upazila units. Roni is the son of late Prof. MA Mannan (BNP Vice Chairman, first GCC mayor 2013-2022, former state minister for religious affairs 1991 cabinet, died April 2022 aged 72); this is Roni's first parliamentary term. EC affidavit (BDNews24 report): own assets Tk 382.9m including Tk 234.9m in cash; wife Taposhi Tanmoy Chowdhury (also a candidate) listed Tk 19.6m; combined Tk 402.5m vs liabilities of Tk 1.4bn in IFIC Bank loans under company names Avalon Aviation Limited and Foster Trading International Limited. Nine criminal cases pending per EC affidavit: 2 NI Act (cheque dishonour), 1 Artha Rin Ain, 6 others not individually itemised in public summary. wealth_disclosed_bdt set to Roni's own assets (382,900,000 BDT) per EC affidavit, excluding wife's separately filed assets. Vote math verified: 188,606/356,084 = 52.97% (rounds to 53.0%); 140,950/356,084 = 39.59% (rounds to 39.6%); margin 47,656/356,084 = 13.38 pp (rounds to 13.4%); top-4 candidates sum to 346,338 leaving 9,746 votes for remaining minor candidates not individually reported. Gazipur-2 has the largest registered electorate of any constituency in Bangladesh (804,333). Runner-up Ali Naser Khan is NCP (National Citizen Party), confirmed by Wikipedia and BSS. Previous MP Zahid Ahsan Russel held seat for AL from 2008 through 2024 dissolution; seat won by BNP from AL.