Ali Asgar Lobi
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Khulna-5
- Terms
- 2
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
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Focused on Beel Dakatia waterlogging mitigation (canal excavation under way as of May 12, 2026) and reopening closed mills for job creation in Dumuria-Phultala; no parliamentary bills or committee assignments reported yet.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-12 constituency_visit Canal excavation began in Beel Dakatia under Lobi's push; he sought cooperation in reducing waterlogging in Dumuria-Phultala and reopening closed mills to create jobs. ↗
- 2026-03-01 media_appearance Khulna working journalists met Lobi at his residence to exchange views on Khulna's development priorities. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Assumed office as MP for Khulna-5 following swearing-in of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. ↗
- 2026-02-12 other Elected in 13th Jatiya Sangsad general election with 147,658 votes (49.93%), defeating Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar (49.02%) by 2,702 votes in the closest race in Khulna Division. ↗↗↗
- 2026-02-13 statement Pledged to prioritize resolving Beel Dakatia waterlogging affecting thousands in Dumuria-Phultala, calling it the top constituency development commitment. ↗
Provenance & notes
EC affidavit wealth and income figures not located in any publicly accessible source; left null per schema rules (EC-only). Criminal cases: Lobi was convicted in 2007 (8-year tax evasion sentence + 13-year graft sentence) but was acquitted in at least one ACC case (Pacific Chemicals plot). His BNP nomination and election confirm no disqualifying pending cases as of Feb 2026; criminal_cases set to empty as no active EC-disclosed cases found. Vote totals verified: 147,658 (Lobi) + 144,956 (Parwar) + 1,319 (Shamim Ara Parvin, Jatiya Party) + 1,790 (Chittaranjan Goldar, CPB) = 295,723 total valid votes. Margin 2,702 votes (0.91%) made this among the closest seats nationally. Registered electorate reported as 402,798. Lobi previously served from Khulna-2 (2001 by-election), not Khulna-5. [2026-06-08 audit correction] Winner votes 147,658 -> 148,854; total valid 295,723 -> 297,100; margin 0.91 -> 0.88 (Wikipedia/BSS Khulna-5).
Sources
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/khulna-5-bnps-asghar-ahead-jamaats-porwar-56-centres-1360106
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360663
- https://www.daily-sun.com/politics/857494/golam-parwar-loses-khulna-5
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/361488
- https://www.bssnews.net/district/386483
- https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/mp-lobi-exchanges-view-with-journalists-on-development-of-khulna
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Asgar_Lobi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khulna-5
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliament-elections-khulna-district/
- https://www.dhakastream.net/bangladesh-election-2026/seat/khulna-5