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Parliament Watch
Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-05-17
As a newly elected representative, he is navigating the legislative agenda of the new government while addressing local development and post-election political stabilization in the Kushtia region.
Vote counts sourced from BD Pratidin and UNB (unofficial results, 170 polling stations). Total valid votes (338,188) is the sum of all confirmed candidate tallies: Gafur 189,816 + Ragib Rouf Chowdhury 143,282 + Md Babul Akter (Islami Front Bangladesh) 1,123 + Md Ali (Islami Andolan Bangladesh) 3,887 + Nur Uddin Ahmed (Bangladesh Communist Party) 80. An AI-aggregated summary cited 348,911 total votes but this figure has no identified primary source and implies 10,723 unaccounted votes; it is excluded. Vote shares (56.13%, 42.37%) and margin (13.76 pp) computed from the confirmed 338,188 sum. wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null: EC affidavit PDFs referenced by Wikipedia but specific figures not publicly extracted in any indexed source at time of verification. Do not impute. Prior local government record: twice UP member, three times UP Chairman, twice Mirpur Upazila Parishad Chairman (Feb 2009-Jan 2013 and May-Feb 2014). This is his first term in the Jatiya Sangsad. Age, education, and committee assignments not confirmed in any indexed source. activity_score set to 2: election reported in multiple outlets but no post-election parliamentary activity found in public sources within the 90-day window.
Source: 9 primary source linksAs of 2026-05-17