Md. Elias Molla
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Faridpur-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- SSC (1st Div) Baliakandi High School, Faridpur, 1971; HSC (1st Div) Govt. Rajendra College, Faridpur, 1973; BSc Chemistry (1st Class) Jahangirnagar University, 1976; MSc Chemistry (1st Class) Jahangirnagar University, 1977; D.Phil (Organic Chemistry) University of Sussex, UK, 1988; Post-doctoral fellowships, University of Sussex (1993-94) and Bayreuth University, Germany (1995-97, 2010)
- Cabinet role
- —
New first-term Jamaat MP, 13th parliament in session since Feb 17; no committee assignments or floor speeches on record in public sources as of May 17, 2026.
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP for Faridpur-1 at the inaugural session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; first Jamaat-e-Islami MP ever elected from this constituency. ↗
- 2026-02-12 other Won Faridpur-1 with 154,145 votes (Jamaat scale symbol), defeating BNP's Khandakar Nasirul Islam (126,476 votes) by a margin of 27,669 votes across 198 polling centers; historic first Jamaat victory in this seat. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency 211 = Faridpur-1 confirmed across all sources; no EC renumbering issue. Winner vote count 154,145 per BD Pratidin (direct) and TBS News; Jugantor reports 154,798 with margin 28,633 (internally consistent but diverges by 653 votes). BD Pratidin gives runner-up 126,476 and margin 27,669; both those figures are internally consistent (154,145 - 126,476 = 27,669). Using BD Pratidin / TBS consensus figure. Runner-up votes 126,476 per BD Pratidin / TBS. Total cast ~311,999 (62% of 504,461 registered voters per TBS); total valid votes not confirmed from official EC source -- set null to avoid imputation. Vote shares computed from total cast as proxy (154,145/311,999 = 49.41%, 126,476/311,999 = 40.54%, margin 8.87 pp); these are approximate pending official EC valid-vote figure. Age 71 estimated from academic record (SSC 1971, implying born ~1954-55); no DOB confirmed in public sources -- treat as approximate. Wikipedia Wikidata Q28225411 'Elias Mollah' is a different person entirely (Awami League, Dhaka-16, born 1971). The Faridpur-1 MP is Professor Dr. Md. Elias Molla, retired Jahangirnagar University chemistry professor, D.Phil Sussex. EC nomination affidavit not publicly accessible at verification time; wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases set null/empty -- do not impute. No committee assignments published by parliament.gov.bd for new MPs as of May 17, 2026. This is the first-ever Jamaat-e-Islami victory in Faridpur-1 constituency. The Somoyerkonthosor live count mid-count showed 97,529 vs 74,918 (partial tally); final confirmed figures supersede that. Pre-election controversy: Jamaat candidate entered a polling station at night before election day, causing tension and the withdrawal of the presiding officer (TBS News).
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faridpur-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bd-pratidin.com/election/2026/02/13/1216572
- https://www.jugantor.com/jamaat/1065106
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-wins-3-out-4-constituencies-faridpur-1360371
- https://www.juniv.edu/teachers/emolla_organic
- https://election.shomoyeralo.com/election/seats/211
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/wx9xq687mh