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Abu Mansur Sakhawat Hasan Jibon

BNP · Habiganj-2 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

Profile

Party
BNP
Constituency
Habiganj-2
Terms
1
Disclosed wealth
Criminal cases
0
Education
Cabinet role

First-term BNP MP focusing on constituency outreach; has visited all 486 villages across Baniachong and Ajmiriganj over the past 16 years.

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Provenance & notes

Constituency number 240 confirmed by Wikipedia list of Jatiya Sangsad constituencies and Habiganj-2 article; matches the task brief. Upazilas Baniachong and Ajmiriganj confirmed by Wikipedia, Prothom Alo, and Daily Star. Winner Abu Mansur Sakhawat Hasan Jibon (BNP, paddy-sheaf symbol) with 125,971 votes confirmed independently by Bangladesh Pratidin and BSS first-time-MPs article. Runner-up Abdul Basit Azad (Khelafat Majlis, wall-clock symbol) 64,851 votes confirmed by Bangladesh Pratidin. Raw vote margin: 61,120. Total valid votes and vote-share percentages were not found in any accessible primary source; set null rather than imputing. Sakhawat Hasan is a first-time Jatiya Sangsad member (BSS); he contested the 2008 election from the same seat under BNP but lost (Wikipedia: 67,059 votes, 33.0% in 2008 -- prior term credit not given as he was not elected). Party role 'Adviser to Chairperson' confirmed by Bangla Mirror News and Prothom Alo campaign reporting. Active in politics since 1979 per his own statement in Bangla Mirror News. The 14 criminal cases mentioned in campaign reporting were filed under the AL government and are NOT from an EC nomination affidavit; they are excluded from criminal_cases per the EC-only rule. wealth_disclosed_bdt is null: EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification. Abdul Basit Azad was Khelafat Majlis Amir until January 2025 when Mamunul Haque succeeded him; he ran as the 11-party alliance candidate. name_bangla is a standard transliteration of confirmed Romanized name; not sourced from an authoritative Bangla-script document.

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