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BNP · Chittagong-4
His election win has been nullified by the Supreme Court over loan default and he cannot take oath, though the Attorney General said nothing bars him from contesting a fresh Chattogram-4 election.
Appellate Division concluded hearing on the validity of Aslam Chowdhury's Chattogram-4 nomination over loan default, fixing 30 June for the ruling.
Supreme Court Appellate Division cancelled his candidacy as a loan defaulter (case by Bank Asia and rival Anwar Siddiqui), barring him from taking oath as Chattogram-4 MP and blocking gazettal of the result.
verification_status = 'partial' because the Election Commission has NOT published the official gazette for this result as of 2026-05-17; Aslam Chowdhury has NOT taken the parliamentary oath. Vote counts (142,674 vs 89,268, total 231,942) cross-verified from Wikipedia/Chittagong-4 and Prothom Alo; math checks out: 142674/231942=61.51%, 89268/231942=38.49%, margin=23.02 pp. Registered electors 448,380; turnout 51.73% (from Wikipedia). Gazette suspended by Appellate Division on 2026-02-03, pending final disposal of a bank's appeal against the candidacy. As of 2026-05-13, Appellate Division partially heard Aslam's counter-petition seeking gazette and oath; ruling fixed for 2026-05-14 but outcome unconfirmed in accessible sources at time of writing. wealth_disclosed_bdt is null: the Tk 345 crore figure cited in sources is declared DEBT (liabilities), not assets -- do not misreport as assets. Criminal cases include 76 cases during detention era plus ACC money embezzlement (charges framed). age not sourced from any primary document; left null. Constituency covers Sitakunda Upazila in full plus Bangladesh Military Academy and two Chattogram City Corporation wards (North Pahartali Ward 9, North Kattali Ward 10); upazilas field lists Sitakunda only per schema convention (CCC wards are not upazilas). Aslam Chowdhury is a first-term MP-elect; contested 2008 from same seat but lost. Prior term list is empty. constituency_number 281 confirmed by Wikipedia constituency list. [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status] [2026-05-17 reconcile: Wikipedia 13th JS table marks this seat as Vacant pending gazette/oath; local record reflects EC-announced winner. Gazette publication contested by HC/AD proceedings.]