Md Barkat Ullah Bulu

Vote counts resolved from conflicting sources: BSS and Prothom Alo reported an early partial count of 141,031 (Bulu) vs 123,941 (Borhan Uddin); three independent Bangladeshi sources (Jugantor, BD Pratidin, Risingbd) all report the final complete count from all 166 polling centers as 137,937 vs 117,824, margin 20,113, confirmed by Assistant Returning Officer and Begumganj UNO Md. Kayesur Rahman. Final figures adopted: 137,937 / 117,824. Total valid votes not published in any accessed source; vote_share_percent, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent left null rather than estimated. Registered electorate: 511,759 (269,886 male, 241,865 female, 8 third-gender) per BD Pratidin. Party role: Wikipedia lists both 'joint secretary general' and 'vice chairman'; TBS tag page and BSS April 2026 coverage both use 'Vice Chairman'; Daily Star tag page uses 'Joint Secretary General'. 'Vice Chairman' adopted as the more recent BNP organisational designation per post-election coverage. Education and pre-politics occupation not found in any accessed source; EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification. Criminal cases: Wikipedia notes 2013 arrest and 2015 warrant but specific charges and case outcomes not confirmed from EC affidavit -- included as caution, not as a confirmed conviction. Boundary: Noakhali-3 has comprised only Begumganj Upazila since the 2008 delimitation; no 2024 redrawing. Runner-up Borhan Uddin's Bangla name from sources: মো. বোরহান উদ্দিন; Daily Star spells him 'Mawlana Borhan Uddin'.