130 MPs fail to make it to new parliament

The voters took the activities of the MPs into consideration, where many candidates fell behind, according to analysts

The newly elected MPs are set to replace 130 incumbents in the next parliament after their debacle or decision not to run after failing to secure a party ticket.

Among them, 104 are from the Awami League, including 71 who did not get the party’s support and 30 who lost the polls even as the ruling party candidates.

The Jatiya Party also picked new candidates instead of incumbents in some constituencies.

Others from different political alliances affiliated with the Jatiya Party and Awami League lost in the elections despite getting support from their party and the Awami League amid the BNP’s boycott.

As many as 16 Jatiya Party MPs lost the election, two from the Workers Party and the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal each, and one from the Bikalpadhara.

Mokobbir Khan, the only MP from the Gono Forum, also lost his position in the new parliament.

Sultan Mohammed Mansur Ahmed, the only MP who remained after winning the 2018 election with the BNP’s Paddy Sheaf symbol, has been defeated.

Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari, the chairman of the Awami League’s ally, Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, also suffered a loss in the election. The only Bogura-1 independent MP, Md Rezaul Karim Bablu, lost the race.

The independent candidates have penned a new history in Sunday’s election, with 62 set to join the new parliament.

The new MPs who took hold of their constituencies include social media influencers, cricketers, actors and business leaders.

A record number of women joined this year’s election, but the number of elected female candidates has dropped compared to the previous election. Only 19 aspirants – 15 from the Awami League and four independents, secured victory in this year’s election, down from 22 in the 11th.

Many influential female candidates, including singer and Awami League MP Momotaz Begum, Meher Afroz Chumki, and Sanjida Khanam, are among the 77 female candidates who were overthrown in the election.

The voters took the activities of the MPs into consideration, and many candidates fell behind, according to analysts.

Rana Dasgupta, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Unity Council, blamed the role played by the outgoing MPs in the past for their losses.

He said the voters supported people who are relatively good as a section of the defeated MPs abused power.

“A large part of the minority groups did not support those who instigated communalism and unstable situations through religious tyranny and conducted extortion, looting and other crimes against the marginalised communities during their tenure,” he said.

Asked why some of the incumbents from the religious minorities lost, he said some of them failed to meet the people’s expectations.

“A section of the non-Muslim candidates who faced the loss did not stand for people in their constituencies. Many of them abused power, and that’s why voters did not give their mandate in their favour,” he said.

“The locals had questions about the activities of a big section of the defeated candidates in the election, and these questions affected the outcomes,” according to Professor Shantanu Majumder of Dhaka University’s political science department.

“The locals had a rage against those who lost, but it was not for everyone. They suffered the loss because many people rallied against them.”

Rights activist Khushi Kabir also said people’s negative views about the MPs led to their losses.

“Although it was a ‘one-sided’ election, the voters gave their mandate. They did not vote for those they did not want.”

MPs of 11th parliament who are not in the 12th:

RANGPUR

Panchagarah-1: Md Mazaharul Hoque Prodhan

Thakurgaon-2: Md Dabirul Islam

Dinajpur-1: Manoranjan Shill Gopal

Nilphamari-3: Rana Mohammad Sohail

Nilphamari-4: Ahsan Adelur Rahman

Lalmonirhat-3: Md Matiar Rahman

Rangpur-1: Md Mashiur Rahman Ranga

Rangpur-3: Rahgir Almahi Ershad

Rangpur-5: HN Ashequr Rahman

Kurigram-1: Md Aslam Hossain Sowdagar

Kurigram-2: Panir Uddin Ahamed

Kurigram-3: M A Matin

Kurigram-4: Md Zakir Hossain

Gaibandha-1: Shameem Haider Patwary

Gaibandha-2: Mahabub Ara Begum Gini

Gaibandha-4: Md Monowar Hossain Chowdhury

RAJSHAHI

Bogura-3: Md Nurul Islam Talukder

Bogura-5: Md Habibar Rahman

Bogura-7: Md Rezaul Karim Bablu

Naogaon-3: Mohammad Salim Uddin Tarafdar

Naogaon-4: Md Emaz Uddin Pramanik

Naogaon-6: Md Anwar Hossain Helal

Rajshahi-2: Fazle Hossain Badsha

Rajshahi-3: Md Ayeen Uddin

Rajshahi-4: Enamul Haque

Rajshahi-5: Md. Monsur Rahaman

Natore-1: Md Shahidul Islam Bakul

Sirajganj-2: Md Habibe Millat

Sirajganj-4: HT Imam/ son Tanveer Imam

Sirajganj-6: Merina Jahan

Pabna-4: Md. Nuruzzaman Biswas

KHULNA

Meherpur-2: Mohammad Shahiduzzaman

Kushtia-1: AKM Sorwar Jahan

Kushtia-2: Hasanul Haq Inu

Kushtia-4: Selim Altaf George

Jhenaidah-2: Tahzeeb Alam Siddique

Jhenaidah-3: Md Shafiqul Azam Khan

Jashore-2: Md Nasir Uddin

Jashore-4: Ranajit Kumar Roy

Jashore-5: Swapan Bhattacharjee

Jashore-6: Md Shaheen Chaklader

Magura -1: Md Shifuzzaman

Bagerhat-4: Md. Amirul Alam Milon

Khulna-1: Panchanan Biswas

Khulna-3: Begum Monnuzan Sufian

Khulna-6: Md. Akhteruzzaman

Satkhira-1: Mustafa Lutfullah

Satkhira-2: Mir Mustaque Ahmed Robi

Satkhira-4: SM Jaglul Hayder

BARISHAL

Barguna-1: Dhirendro Debnath Shambhu

Barguna-2: Sowkat Hasanur Rahman Rimon

Patuakhali-1: Md Afzal Hossain

Barishal-2: Md Shah-E-Alam

Barishal-6: Nasreen Jahan Ratna

Jhalokathi-1: Bazlul Haque Haroon

Pirojpur-2: Anwar Hossain

Pirojpur-3: Md Rustom Ali Faraji

MYMENSINGH

Jamalpur-1: Abul Kalam Azad

Jamalpur-4: Murad Hasan

Jamalpur-5: Md Mozaffar Hossain

Sherpur-1: Md Atiur Rahman Atik

Sherpur-3: A.K.M. Fazlul Haque

Mymensingh-1: Jewel Areng

Mymensingh-3: Nazim Uddin Ahmed

Mymensingh-4: Raushan Ershad

Mymensingh-5: KM Khalid

Mymensingh-6: Md Muslem Uddin

Mymensingh-7: Md Hafez Ruhul Amin Madani

Mymensingh-8: Md Fakhrul Imam

Mymensingh-9: Anwarul Abedin Khan

Mymensingh-11: Kazim Uddin Ahmmed

Netrokona-3: Ashim Kumar Ukil

Netrokona-5: Waresat Hussain Belal

DHAKA

Tangail-3: Ataur Rahman Khan

Tangail-4: Mohammad Hasan Imam Khan

Tangail-8: Ad Joaherul Islam

Kishoreganj-2: Nur Mohammad

Kishoreganj-3: Md Mujibul Haque

Manikganj-1: AM Naimur Rahman

Manikganj-2: Momotaz Begom

Munshiganj-1: Mahi Badruddoza Choudhury

Munshiganj-3: Mrinal Kanti Das

Dhaka-4: Syed Abu Hossain

Dhaka-5: Md Kazi Monirul Islam

Dhaka-6: Kazi Firoz Rashid

Dhaka-7: Haji Mohammad Salim

Dhaka-10: Md Shafiul Islam

Dhaka-11: AKM Rahmatullah

Dhaka-13: Md Sadek Khan

Dhaka-14: Aga Khan Mintu

Dhaka-18: Mohammad Habib Hasan

Dhaka-19: Md Enamur Rahman

Gazipur-3: Mohammad Iqbal Hossain

Gazipur-5: Meher Afroze

Narsingdi-3: Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan

Narayanganj-3: Leakoat Hossain Khoka

Faridpur-1: Md Monzur Hossen

Faridpur-3: Khandker Mosharraf Hossain

Madaripur-3: Md Abdus Sobhan Mia

SYLHET

Sunamganj-1: Moazzem Hossain Ratan

Sunamganj-4: Peer Fazlur Rahman

Sylhet-2: Mokobbir Khan

Sylhet-3: Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury

Sylhet-5: Hafiz Ahmed Majumder

Moulvibazar-2: Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmed

Moulvibazar-3: Nesar Ahmed

Habiganj-1: Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz

Habiganj-2: Abdul Majid Khan

Habiganj-4: Mahbub Ali

CHATTOGRAM

Brahmanbaria-1: Bodruddoza Md Farhad Hossain

Brahmanbaria-5: Ebadul Karim Bulbul

Cumilla-1: Mohammad Subid Ali Bhuiyan

Cumilla-2: Selima Ahmad

Cumilla-3: Yussuf Abdullah Harun

Cumilla-4: Razee Mohammad Fakhrul

Cumilla-5: Abul Hashem Khan

Cumilla-7: Ali Ashraf

Cumilla-8: Nasimul Alam Chowdhury

Chandpur-1: Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir

Feni-1: Shirin Akhter

Noakhali-6: Begum Ayesha Ferdaus

Chattogram-1: Mosharraf Hossain

Chattogram-2: Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari

Chattogram-4: Didarul Alam

Chattogram-8: Noman Al Mahmud

Chattogram-12: Shamsul Haque Chowdhury

Chattogram-15: Abu Reza Mohammad Nezamuddin Nadwi

Chattogram-16: Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury

Cox’sbazar-1: Zafar Alam

[Writing in English by Akramul Momen; editing by Osham-ul-Sufian Talukder]