Ariful Haque Chowdhury

Constituency number 232 confirmed by Wikipedia (Sylhet-4 article). Upazilas (Companiganj, Gowainghat, Jaintiapur) confirmed by Wikipedia and multiple BSS/TBS reports. Winner vote count is contested across three BSS articles published on different dates: 181,609 (bssnews/361115, initial count), 186,846 (bssnews/361019, partial count), and 188,346 (bssnews/362351, post-count interview, Feb 19). 188,346 is used as the latest and most complete figure; EC official gazette not accessible at time of verification. Runner-up Joynal Abedin (Jamaat-e-Islami) received 71,391 votes -- figure is consistent across all BSS sources. Total valid votes and vote share percentages are not reported by any accessible source; set to null. Margin in raw votes = 188,346 - 71,391 = 116,955 (over one lakh, consistent with all source descriptions). wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases: EC nomination affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification; set to null and empty respectively per EC-only rule. Ariful Haque was born 23 November 1959 (age 66 as of 2026-05-17). He served two consecutive terms as Mayor of Sylhet City Corporation (2013-2023); this is his first term as MP. He was promoted to BNP Chairperson's Adviser in September 2023. His nomination was contested internally within BNP Sylhet as some supporters preferred a 'local' candidate over the former city mayor (TBS pre-election report). He holds two cabinet portfolios -- Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and Labour and Employment -- confirmed by the official portfolio gazette notice (bssnews/361920) and multiple ministerial activity reports. The BD Pratidin cabinet list (57214) lists only the Expatriates' Welfare portfolio, but this appears to be an incomplete initial listing; the Labour portfolio is confirmed by the BSS gazette notice and sustained ministerial activity in that role. Boundary was last redrawn before the 2008 election (not 2024); boundary_redrawn_2024 = false.