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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-05-17
Member of Parliament for Shariatpur-3 and a Whip of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, focused on consolidating parliamentary legitimacy and regional development.
Attended the Fruit Festival 2026 organized by the Bangladesh Parliament Journalists Association.
Publicly praised government policy formulation as bold and realistic during parliamentary proceedings.
Constituency number 223 confirmed by Wikipedia (Shariatpur-3 article) and BSS. Upazilas: Damudya and Gosairhat upazilas plus the Bhedarganj Thana portion of Bhedarganj Upazila (Wikipedia). Boundary not redrawn in 2024; last redraw was 2008 per Wikipedia. Winner vote count 107,516 confirmed independently by BSS and BD Pratidin. Runner-up Muhammad Azharul Islam (Jamaat) received 69,684 votes per BSS/BD Pratidin; raw margin = 37,832 votes. Total valid votes not accessible (ecs.gov.bd returns 403); vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null rather than imputed. Apu (born 1 October 1974, Kodalpur Union, Gosairhat) is in his first parliamentary term; he contested the 2018 election from the same seat but did not win under AL-era results. Former APS to Tarique Rahman. Money laundering case (RAB-3, Motijheel, December 2018 raid): discharged by Dhaka Special Judge Court-10 on 27 January 2025, before the 2026 EC affidavit window -- no ongoing criminal case per EC-verifiable record; criminal_cases set to empty per EC-only rule. wealth_disclosed_bdt and income_annual_disclosed_bdt are null: EC affidavit PDF not publicly accessible at time of verification; do not impute. Education not documented in any accessible primary source. party_role captures his Whip appointment as the most precise current parliamentary role.
Source: 10 primary source linksAs of 2026-05-17