Jashim Uddin Ahammed
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Chittagong-14
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- ৳405,821,013
- Criminal cases
- 2
- Education
- Self-educated (no formal academic credentials declared in EC nomination affidavit)
- Cabinet role
- —
Freshman BNP MP holding one of the narrowest winning margins in Chittagong (1,026 votes); no public parliamentary statement or committee assignment confirmed as of 2026-05-17; outstanding Padma Bank loan default warrant remains unresolved per available records
Recent activity
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP for Chittagong-14 in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad under PM Tarique Rahman's BNP government ↗
- 2026-02-13 controversy LDP president Col (retd) Oli Ahmed rejected Chattogram-14 results alleging ballot stuffing after 4pm and ~4,500 votes invalidated without explanation; no formal reversal by EC confirmed ↗
- 2026-02-12 other Presiding officer Faridul Alam withdrawn from North Satkania Ali Ahmed Pranhori High School polling centre after collecting advance signatures on result sheet; voting temporarily suspended, resumed 1:30pm ↗
- 2026-02-12 vote Elected MP for Chittagong-14 with 76,493 votes (41.93%), defeating LDP's Omar Faruque (75,467 votes, 41.36%) by a margin of 1,026 votes ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Vote counts confirmed independently by BSS (76,493 / 75,467) and Wikipedia (same figures). Vote shares 41.93% and 41.36% computed from Wikipedia's reported turnout of 182,449: 76493/182449=41.93%, 75467/182449=41.36%, margin=0.57 pp (1,026 votes). Registered electors: 313,513 (Wikipedia). Upazilas: Chandanaish full + six named unions of Satkania only (Bazalia, Dharmapur, Kaliais, Keochia, Khagaria, Puranagar), per Wikipedia. DOB 10 June 1977 (age 48) from Wikipedia MP article. Assets Tk 405,821,013 and income Tk 25,547,166 from EC nomination affidavit as reported by Prothom Alo; cash in hand Tk 150,162,759. Jashim Uddin was Chandanaish Upazila Chairman (elected 2024) before this parliamentary win. His BNP nomination was controversial because of reported prior AL links and outstanding Padma Bank loan default (case 103/2020, Tk 93.82 crore); a Chattogram money loan court issued an arrest warrant in April 2024, reissued July 2024, with a repayment verdict in January 2025. Sonali Bank default (Tk 11.63 crore, Motijheel branch) also referenced in affidavit. The EC-only rule is observed: both criminal case entries derive from court proceedings and EC affidavit data reported by TBS and Daily Star, not police records. No committee memberships or parliamentary speeches confirmed from parliament.gov.bd or any news source as of 2026-05-17; parliament.gov.bd was inaccessible during verification. activity_score=2 reflects low post-swearing-in public profile. Omar Faruque is the son of LDP president Col (retd) Oli Ahmed; the fraud allegation was made by Oli on 13 February 2026 but no EC reversal was found.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong-14
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jashim_Uddin_Ahammed
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360666
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/ge2bxrhzpz
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-wins-14-seats-chattogram-jamaat-secures-2-1360831
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/al-linked-jasim-uddin-appears-bnp-nominee-ctg-14-sparks-anger-among-grassroots-leaders
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/ldp-chief-oli-alleges-election-fraud-rejects-results-chattogram-14-1361556
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/presiding-officer-withdrawn-chattogram-14-over-advance-signatures-result
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/chandanaish-chairman-hopefuls-candidacy-limbo-after-appellate-division-stay
- https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/09cb38c2bf8c