Electoral history of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

This is a summary of the electoral history of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a Bangladeshi politician who is serving as the president of Bangladesh since 2026. Alamgir has won municipal election once, parliamentary election 4 times, and indirect presidential election once. He has lost 4 times in parliamentary elections also.

Alamgir started his electoral career for public offices through contesting in the Thakurgaon municipal election in 1988. Held under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's dictatorship and boycotted by most political parties, Alamgir won the municipal chairmanship as an independent candidate. In the early-1990s, he joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and contested in most parliamentary elections thereafter. He started with losing in 1991, and then won in a largely boycotted election in February 1996 only to become a member of parliament (MP) for 12 days. He lost again in June 1996, then won in 2001, and then lost again in 2008. BNP boycotted the 1997 by-election in his home seat of Thakurgaon-1. He became BNP's acting general secretary in 2011 and was elected uncontested for the position in the party's 2016 national council. He therefore became the party's effective leader in the country with Khaleda Zia being jailed and Tarique Rahman being in exile in London. Under his tenure, BNP boycotted the 2014 general election, then contested in the controversial 2018 election, both held under the premiership of Sheikh Hasina. In 2018, he lost from his home seat Thakurgaon-1 but won BNP stronghold Bogra-6 by a huge landslide, being among the only 6 BNP candidates to win. Although the other 5 eventually took oath, Alamgir restrained, triggering a by-election which was won by BNP's Golam Mohammad Siraj. BNP then boycotted the 2024 general election.

After the resignation of Sheikh Hasina facilitated by the July Uprising in 2024, general elections were held in 2026 under an interim government, from which the Awami League was barred. BNP won a landslide, with Alamgir winning from his Thakurgaon-1 seat for the third time. After the subsequent resignation of Mohammed Shahabuddin, presidential election was called. Alamgir won the indirect parliamentary election with BNP being in supermajority and the constitution barring floor-crossing. He defeated 11 Party Unity candidate Oli Ahmad in the country's first contested presidential election in 35 years.

Summary

Presidential elections YearPartyVotes%Result2026 25574.34%

Jatiya Sangsad elections YearConstituencyPartyVotes%Result1991Thakurgaon-1 36,40625.13% Feb 1996 Jun 199658,36931.97% 2001134,91054.15% 2008120,41139.88% 2018128,08035.84% Bogra-6207,02581.20% 2026Thakurgaon-1238,83662.23% Detailed results

Presidential elections

Parliamentary elections

1991

+General Election 1991: 3 Thakurgaon-1 (Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila less Begunbari Union)Electoral Conduct Report - 1991 Jatiya Sangsad Election. Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka.PartySymbolCandidateVotes%±ppALBoatMd. Khademul Islam57,53539.72N/ABNPSheaf of paddyMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir36,40625.13N/AJamaatScaleMohammad Rafiqul Islam26,80018.50N/AJaPaPloughRezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury21,05114.53N/AZaker PartyRoseMd. Manzur Rahman Chowdhury1,1500.79N/ABAKSALSickleRafiqul Islam8320.57N/AJSD (Rab)LotusMd. Mansur Ali6480.45N/AINDN/AMd. Ashraful Islam Sobuj4280.30N/ATotal144,850100.0N/AMajority57,53514.59N/AValid votes144,85098.75N/AInvalid votes1,8211.24N/ATendered votes60.00N/ATotal votes146,677100.0N/ARegistered voters/turnout218,98166.98N/AReported centres90100.0N/ASuspended centres00.00N/ATotal centres90100.0N/AAwami League gain from Jatiya PartyMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from BNP lost in second-place

February 1996 On 15 February 1996, general elections were held under the Khaleda Zia's BNP-led government, which was boycotted by the Awami League, Jatiya Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and most other political parties. Alamgir contested from Thakurgaon-1 again and won a parliamentary election for the first time.

June 1996

+General Election June 1996: 3 Thakurgaon-1 (Thakurgaon Sadar P.S.)Statistical Report - 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election. Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka.PartySymbolCandidateVotes%±ppALBoatMd. Khademul Islam62,70934.35N/ABNPSheaf of paddyMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir58,36931.97N/AJaPaPloughMd. Nurul Haque42,60923.34N/AJamaatScaleMohammad Rafiqul Islam17,2429.44N/AZaker PartyRoseMd. Jaherul Haque Chowdhury9230.51N/ACPBSickleSyed Merajul Hossain Chowdhury7160.39N/ATotal182,568100.0N/AMajority4,3402.38N/AValid votes182,56898.93N/AInvalid votes1,9751.07N/ATotal votes184,543100.0N/ARegistered voters/turnout235,75078.28N/AReported centres111100.0N/ASuspended centres00.00N/ATotal centres111100.0N/AAwami League gain from BNPMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from BNP lost in second-place

2001

+General Election 2001: 3 Thakurgaon-1 (Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila)Statistical Report - 8th Parliament Election. Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka.PartyAllianceSymbolCandidateVotes%±ppBNP4 PartiesSheaf of paddyMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir134,91054.15N/AALN/ABoatRamesh Chandra Sen96,94838.9126.74JaPaIJOFPloughMd. Noore Alam Chowdhury16,6476.6826.77CPB11 PartiesSickleSyed Merajul Hossain Chowdhury6390.26N/ATotal249,144100.0N/AMajority37,96215.2416.97Valid votes249,14499.270.15Invalid votes1,8350.730.15Total votes250,979100.0N/ARegistered voters/turnout286,31787.6636.68Reported centres120100.0N/ASuspended centres00.00N/ATotal centres120100.09 CBNP gain from Awami LeagueMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from BNP won in first-place.

2008

+General Election 2008: 3 Thakurgaon-1 (Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila)Statistical Report - 9th Jatiya Sangsad Election. Bangladesh Election Commission, Agargaon, Dhaka.PartyAllianceSymbolCandidateVotes%±ppALGrand AllianceBoatRamesh Chandra Sen177,10158.6519.74BNP4 Party UnitySheaf of paddyMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir120,41139.8814.27IABIAB+BKAHandfanMd. A. Majid2,4440.81N/ANOTANo-vote1,9900.66N/ATotal301,946100.0N/AMajority56,69018.773.53Valid votes301,94699.150.12Invalid votes2,5980.850.12Total votes304,544100.0N/ARegistered voters/turnout327,67792.945.28Reported centres157100.0N/ASuspended centres00.00N/ATotal centres157100.037 CAwami League gain from BNPMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from BNP lost in second-place 2018

2026

See also

Electoral history of Mohammad Abdul Hamid Electoral history of Khaleda Zia Electoral history of Hussain Muhammad Ershad

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