Afroza Khanam Rita

Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism, focused on modernizing the aviation sector and implementing regional infrastructure projects.

UPAZILA CORRECTION: The task brief specified Manikganj Sadar + Singair, but Singair is in Manikganj-2 (constituency 169, which covers Harirampur, Singair, and three unions of Manikganj Sadar). Constituency 170 (Manikganj-3) covers Saturia and Manikganj Sadar (excluding Bhararia, Hati Para, and Putail unions which fall in constituency 169). Cross-confirmed via Wikipedia Manikganj-3, Wikipedia Manikganj-2, and viewsbangladesh.com. CONSTITUENCY NUMBER: EC number 170 confirmed across all sources. VOTE COUNT: Winner 167,345 votes and runner-up (Muhammad Said Noor, Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis) 64,242 votes reported by Prothom Alo and Bonik Barta; margin of 103,103 is internally consistent (167,345 - 64,242 = 103,103). Wikipedia stub on Afroza gives different figures (166,175 / 62,916) but is an acknowledged stub with no citations for those numbers -- preferred the multi-source Prothom Alo + Bonik Barta figure. Total valid votes and vote shares not confirmed from EC affidavit; left null. Total registered voters: 400,059 (viewsbangladesh.com pre-election); turnout approximately 65% (BSS). EC-ONLY FIELDS: wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases left null/empty -- EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification. PRIOR TERMS: Afroza Khanam contested Manikganj-2 in the 2008 general election (9th parliament) under BNP but did not win; 2026 is her first elected term. term_count = 1. FAMILY NOTE: Daughter of late Harunur Rashid Khan Monno, four-time MP from Manikganj and former minister. Mahmudur Rahman (journalist, editor of Amar Desh) is her brother-in-law. She is one of only 7 women elected to the 13th parliament and the first female MP from this constituency.