Lutfur Rahman Kajal
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Cox's Bazar-3
- Terms
- 2
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- B.Com
- Cabinet role
- —
Focused on law and order, illegal encroachment on Bakkhali riverbank and beach sand dunes, and transport licensing discipline in Cox's Bazar Sadar-Ramu-Eidgaon area.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-01 constituency_visit Attended Cox's Bazar district law and order meeting; called for cracking down on theft, mugging, and abduction; stated no new licenses would be issued for mishuk, tomtom, or autorickshaws and revoked licenses would not be renewed; urged identification of 'godfathers' behind hill cutting. ↗
- 2026-03-23 constituency_visit Accompanied Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed during a visit to Cox's Bazar addressing illegal encroachment on beach sand dunes; stood alongside MPs Shahjahan Chowdhury in pushing for enforcement action. ↗
- 2026-02-13 other Elected MP for Cox's Bazar-3 (13th Parliament); EC declared result on 13 February 2026. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Upazilas: Cox's Bazar Sadar, Ramu, and Eidgaon. Eidgaon was created in July 2021 from the five northern unions of Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila and was incorporated into this constituency; the task brief listed only Sadar + Ramu, but EC delimitation records and Wikipedia confirm three upazilas, boundary_redrawn_2024=true. Registered voters: 545,964 (183 polling centres). Total votes cast: 356,594; turnout 65.31%. Winner vote count (182,096) and runner-up count (161,827) sourced from BSS (primary EC wire) and cross-checked against TBS. Math: 182096/356594=51.07%, 161827/356594=45.38%, margin=5.68 pp; 356594-(182096+161827)=12,671 votes to other candidates, internally consistent. Kajal born 18 November 1960 (age 65 as of 2026-05-17); B.Com education per Wikipedia. Prior parliamentary term: 9th Parliament (elected 2008, BNP boycotted 10th and 12th). Party role (Fishermen Affairs Secretary, BNP NEC) sourced from BSS pre-election coverage. EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification; wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases left null rather than imputed. Committee memberships not yet published by parliament.gov.bd for 13th Parliament as of 2026-05-17.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360661
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/bnp-secures-clean-sweep-across-coxs-bazar-constituencies-1360506
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%27s_Bazar-3
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutfur_Rahman_Kajal
- https://coxsbazarlife.com/district-law-and-order-meeting-held-in-coxs-bazar/
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/grabbers-reoccupying-bakkhali-riverbank-coxs-bazar-4106796