Atikul Alam Shawon
Profile
- Party
- Independent
- Constituency
- Comilla-7
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- SSC, Chandina Government Model Pilot School (2006); HSC, College of Development Alternative, Dhaka; LLB, Bhuiyan Law Academy
- Cabinet role
- —
Independent MP seeking to consolidate constituency support; grassroots Chandina BNP members publicly calling for his reinstatement to the party (as of May 2026).
Recent activity
- 2026-04-25 constituency_visit Received floral reception at Chandina Municipal Auditorium organised by Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal; several thousand supporters attended. ↗
- 2026-03-26 constituency_visit Attended Chandina upazila Independence and National Day celebration; honored with floral greetings by liberation war families. ↗
- 2026-02-18 constituency_visit Visited fire-affected families in Jamirapara village, Mahichail Union, Chandina; distributed BDT 5,000 each to eight affected families from personal funds. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count (91,690) and runner-up count (48,509) confirmed by BSS, Prothom Alo (English), and New Age; margin 43,181. UNB reported earlier unofficial counts of 90,819 / 47,925, which also appear in Wikipedia's results table -- these are pre-final tallies. Total valid votes (177,680) derived from UNB's full candidate-by-candidate breakdown: Shawon 90,819 + Redwan Ahmed 47,925 + Solaiman Khan (Khelafat Majlish) 24,597 + Ehteshamul Haq Qasemi (Islami Andolan Bangladesh) 14,080 + Sajol Kumar Kar (Cultural Liberation Alliance) 259 = 177,680; invalid votes 4,594; total cast 182,274; registered electors 329,166; turnout 55.38% (182,274/329,166). Vote shares computed on 177,680 valid votes using final winner/runner-up figures: 91,690/177,680 = 51.60%; 48,509/177,680 = 27.30%; margin 24.30 pp. Constituency comprises Chandina Upazila only (Comilla district, Chittagong division). Boundary was last adjusted before the 2014 election when Chitadda union of Barura Upazila was removed; no 2024 redistricting recorded. Shawon was born 1991 (age 34-35 as of May 2026; exact birth date not publicly available). He was president of Chandina upazila BNP and joint convener of Comilla North District BNP before being expelled by central BNP for contesting independently. Runner-up Redwan Ahmed is a multi-term former MP (Comilla-6, Comilla-10 in earlier parliaments) and former state minister; he rejoined BNP from LDP before this election. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null: EC affidavit data not publicly accessible at time of verification -- do not impute. committee_memberships empty: parliament not yet assigned committees as of verification date. 13th Parliament sworn Feb 17, 2026; PM Tarique Rahman.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360727
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/cumilla-7-seat-goes-to-independent-candidates-bag/179486
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comilla-7
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atikul_Alam_Shawon
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/kl8vqruxfu
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/elections/291192/all-7-winning-independents-bnp-rivals
- https://www.comillardak.com/28791
- https://www.ajkerbangladesh.com.bd/country-news/2026/02/18/193048