Abdus Salam Pintu

Former Deputy Minister and BNP leader.

Vote counts from BSS (EC announcement): Pintu 198,213; Humayun Kabir (Jamaat) 60,871; raw margin 137,342 votes. The Daily Star 'brothers' article cited 198,867 for Pintu -- a discrepancy of 654 votes versus BSS; BSS is the EC-announcement wire so its figure is used here. Total valid votes not published in available primary sources; vote_share_percent and margin_percent are left null rather than imputed. Pintu's third win from this seat: won 1991, lost 1996 (to AL's Khandaker Asaduzzaman), won 2001 -- term_count=3 counts wins only. Prior terms list only won terms per schema description. 21 August grenade attack criminal case is noted for completeness but was fully resolved by acquittal (December 2024) before the 2026 election; no ongoing criminal case. Party role 'Vice-chairman' per Wikipedia (appointed to BNP executive committee vice-chairmanship in 2016 while imprisoned). Education and age not found in available primary sources; do not impute. Pintu and his brother Sultan Salahuddin Tuku (MP, Tangail-7) both won under BNP; notable as a sibling pair elected in the same district in the same election.