Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Narsingdi-4
- Terms
- 4
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
- Minister for Health and Family Welfare
Active as Health and Family Welfare Minister; leading health sector reform, anti-corruption drive in ministry, health card rollout, measles vaccination campaign, and dengue response via mobile hospitals.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-11 statement Announced mobile hospitals are being set up nationwide to tackle dengue; stated Barishal Children Hospital will be made fully operational within 3-4 months. ↗
- 2026-05-11 constituency_visit Announced upgrade of Gournadi Upazila Health Complex from 50 to 100 beds and consideration of a modern trauma centre. ↗
- 2026-05-10 other Visited gas explosion victims in Fatullah, Narayanganj; announced inter-ministerial meeting on gas safety public awareness. ↗
- 2026-04-14 constituency_visit Inaugurated a folk fair and attended Baishakhi procession at Manohardi Upazila Parishad; announced health cards to be distributed nationwide by June 2026. ↗
- 2026-02-28 constituency_visit Conducted views-exchange meeting with government officials at Belabo Upazila; directed prompt filling of vacant health sector posts and expansion of upazila health complex services. ↗
- 2026-02-20 statement Pledged to make the health ministry free from corruption and syndicates; announced steps to make Narsingdi District Hospital (250-bed) fully functional and to introduce ICUs. ↗↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the cabinet of PM Tarique Rahman. ↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency number 202 confirmed correct (matches EC, Wikipedia, Prothom Alo election portal seat/202). Vote counts: BSS (state news agency) and Wikipedia Narsingdi-4 article report 163,392 (winner) and 78,744 (runner-up); BD Pratidin and BanglaStream report 161,912 and 76,445 -- the lower figures are likely unofficial election-night returns, the higher BSS/Wikipedia figures are treated as final official results. Total valid votes 255,283 and registered electorate 428,954 from Wikipedia Narsingdi-4. Third candidate: Md. Saifullah (Islami Andolan Bangladesh, IAB), 7,079 votes (2.8%); 9 candidates total per BanglaStream, remaining 6 candidates share ~6,068 votes. Vote share math: 163,392/255,283 = 64.01%; 78,744/255,283 = 30.84%; margin = 33.17 pp. Prior terms: 5th parliament (1991-1996), 6th parliament (February 1996, short session), 8th parliament (2001-2006) -- all from Narsingdi-4; current 13th parliament is his 4th term. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null/empty: EC nomination affidavit PDF for 2026 election was not publicly accessible at time of verification; Wikipedia mentions a 2013 arrest and 2017 extortion allegation but these do not originate from an EC affidavit -- per EC-only rule, excluded. Occupation pre-politics: former banker (tritiyomatra.com). Education not found in any accessible source. Runner-up Jahangir Alam ran under Jamaat's 'scales' (daripallla) symbol.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsingdi-4
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Md._Sakhawat_Husain
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Shakhawat_Hossain_Bokul
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360812
- https://en.bd-pratidin.com/national/2026/02/13/56890
- https://banglastream.net/bangladesh-election-2026/seats/narsingdi-4
- https://www.tritiyomatra.com/profile/40
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/362590
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/364756
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/377864
- https://outlookbangla.com/2026/05/11/mobile-hospitals-being-set-up-to-tackle-dengue-health-minister/