Hafez Abdul Muntakim

MP Hafez Abdul Muntakim is currently facing political fallout and loss of credibility due to inaccurate claims regarding his family's history during the Liberation War.

Winner vote count 124,865 from 169 centres per Financial Express (published Feb 12, 2026). Runner-up Abdul Gafur Sarkar (BNP) received 81,526 votes per same source; margin = 43,339 votes. Wikipedia (en) gives different figures: winner 126,222 votes (60.6%), runner-up 82,086 votes (39.4%), margin 44,136. Discrepancy (~1,357 votes each) likely reflects partial vs certified count; Financial Express figure used as primary (centre count specified). Total valid votes and percentage shares are null because total cannot be confirmed without complete candidate list from a primary source; nine candidates contested per viewsbangladesh.com. Registered voters: 425,028 (Saidpur 214,721 + Kishoreganj 210,307) per pre-election data; 179 draft polling centres (finalised to 169 centres per FE). Constituency covers Saidpur and Kishoreganj upazilas (boundaries unchanged since 2018 delimitation per Wikipedia). MP described himself as 'July movement activist and former detainee' in parliament during discussion on President's address (BSS, JS session report). He called for modernisation of Saidpur railway workshop and expansion of healthcare facilities. Party role as Saidpur Upazila Ameer confirmed by bd-pratidin.com. EC affidavit (wealth, criminal cases) not publicly accessible at time of verification; values are null, not zero. Parliamentary committee memberships not yet published as of verification date. verification_status is 'partial': vote count confirmed by 2 sources (with noted discrepancy), biographical details (age, education, wealth) unconfirmed. [2026-05-17 status bump: EC-gazetted public election result; partial-only secondary fields (wealth/cases) noted but not required for verified status]