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Parliament Watch
Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-05-17
MP Mahmudul Hossain Waliullah is focused on the urgent need for sustainable infrastructure development, specifically embankments and the Payra Bridge, to mitigate natural disasters and river erosion.
Attended a district NGO coordination meeting in the Barguna-1 constituency.
Winning party is Islami Andolan Bangladesh, NOT BNP -- this is the only IAB seat in the 13th JS; the task brief mentioned BNP (209 seats, Jamaat 68) as the national result context, not the Barguna-1 winner. Vote count (140,291) and runner-up (136,145) confirmed by Wikipedia Barguna-1 and TBS. Vote shares (49.46%, 48.00%) and total valid votes (~283,645, back-derived: 140291/0.4946) are internally consistent; margin = (140291-136145)/283645 = 1.46 pp. Third candidate Md. Jahangir Hossain (Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis) received 6,232 votes; three-candidate total 282,668 leaves ~977 votes for possible additional candidates -- not yet confirmed. Registered voters: 516,986 (per BSS interview) or 519,460 (per Wikipedia; slight discrepancy in source data, both pre-election figures). wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases are null: EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification. No post-February parliamentary activity confirmed in open sources as of 2026-05-17.
Source: 5 primary source linksAs of 2026-05-17