Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis
About the party
When Khelafat Majlis, founded in 1989, split in two in 2005, Shaikhul Hadith Azizul Haque's faction carried on under this name. It won two seats in the 2026 election. It has 3 members in the 13th Parliament.
On 8 December 1989, at the Institution of Engineers auditorium in Dhaka, organisers from Shaikhul Hadith Azizul Haque's Khelafat Andolan, Ahmad Abdul Quader's Islami Jubo Shibir, a faction of the National Awami Party (NAP) led by Masud Khan, and Tamaddun Majlish together formed Khelafat Majlis. Its first Ameer was Maulana Abdul Gaffar; Azizul Haque later became Ameer.
In 2005 the party split over staying in the BNP-led four-party alliance: the faction that stayed in the alliance carried on as Khelafat Majlis, and the faction that left it under Azizul Haque as Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis. The party was registered with the Election Commission in 2008. In the 2026 election, as a member of the 11-party electoral alliance, it won two parliamentary seats and gained one member in a reserved seat for women.
In the 13th Parliament
The party now holds 2 of the 300 constituency seats; with the reserved seats for women, it has 3 members in Parliament in all. All the party's members and their seats are listed below.
Sources: Bangla Wikipedia, English Wikipedia (party history); Parliament of Bangladesh (current members and offices). Last checked 11 September 2026.
At a glance
- Founded
- 8 December 1989
- Founder
- Shaikhul Hadith Azizul Haque
- Electoral symbol
- Rickshaw
- Secretary General
- Jalaluddin Ahmed
- Headquarters
- 59/3/3 Purana Paltan, Dhaka
Elected from constituencies (2)
Reserved seats for women (1)
Party logo: Bangla Wikipedia, Non-free logo, used to identify the party