Syed Mohammad Faisal

Constituency number 242 confirmed by Wikipedia (Habiganj-4 article) and Dismislab. Winner vote count 188,072 is from BSS (state news agency, primary source), confirmed by Dismislab fact-check article; a secondary figure of 186,674 appears in BD-Pratidin and one aggregator summary -- BSS is treated as authoritative. Runner-up Gias Uddin Taheri received 84,323 votes (BSS, Dismislab); margin = 103,749 raw votes. Total valid votes not published in any accessible source; vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, and margin_percent left null pending official EC gazette. Total registered electorate 552,711 (278,660 male, 274,049 female, 2 third gender) per pre-election sources -- not valid votes. SM Faisal's DOB listed as January 1, 1942 (age 84) on Wikipedia; Wikipedia flags this article for potential AI-generated content and COI issues -- treat age as indicative, not verified from EC affidavit. Faisal won Habiganj-4 in the February 1996 (6th JS) election; that parliament sat only Feb 15 to Jun 12, 1996 following the opposition boycott. He lost subsequent contests in 1996 (June), 2001, and 2008 before winning again in 2026; term_count = 2. BSS reported him among '99 first-time MPs' but that is inconsistent with his 6th JS term. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null: EC nomination affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification; EC-only rule applied, no imputation. Pre-election show-cause notice issued to Faisal for alleged code-of-conduct breach (his son solicited votes at a public meeting, Faisal present but did not intervene) -- notice only, no criminal case filed (Jagonews24, Jan 2026). Runner-up Gias Uddin Taheri is joint organising secretary of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Bangladesh and IT secretary of Bangladesh Islami Front; a false-claim circulated on social media that Taheri had won -- debunked by Dismislab.