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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-05-17
Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher serves as the Member of Parliament for Comilla-11 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, focusing on government accountability regarding law and order and national governance.
Winner vote count (133,308) and runner-up (76,638) confirmed by both BSS news agency and Wikipedia. Total valid votes (219,511) and vote shares (Taher 60.73%, Kamrul Huda 34.91%, margin 25.82 pp) sourced from Wikipedia's Comilla-11 article; the 9,565-vote gap between the two-candidate sum (209,946) and total valid votes (219,511) implies additional minor candidates not individually named in available sources -- do not fabricate. Electorate size: 421,632 registered voters; turnout 52.06%. BNP candidate Kamrul Huda filed an election petition in the High Court (bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain, scheduled hearing 9 March 2026) alleging vote-rigging and result-sheet signature irregularities; no final verdict confirmed in available sources by 2026-05-17. Taher's criminal cases all originate from Awami League-era arrests (2007, 2013, 2024); post-August 2024 status unknown from open sources -- wealth_disclosed_bdt not confirmed from EC affidavit. Committee memberships for 13th parliament not yet published in accessible form as of verification date; prior Public Accounts Committee and Public Undertaking Committee memberships from 2001-2006 term excluded as not current. Constituency created 1973; covers Chauddagram Upazila only; no 2024 boundary redrawing found. Comilla-11 is regarded as a Jamaat stronghold: Jamaat won in 2001 (Taher from Comilla-12 that election), seat flipped to AL in 2008 and held through 2018; 2026 result reverses +55 pp swing back to Jamaat.
Source: 10 primary source linksAs of 2026-05-17