Md. Elias Molla

Party

Jamaat-e-Islami

Constituency

Faridpur-1

Terms

1

Disclosed wealth

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Criminal cases

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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

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Member of Parliament for Faridpur-1, currently advocating for the development of Faridpur as a division and the establishment of a public university.

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).