Shariatpur district
3 parliamentary seats · 6 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Shariatpur district
Shariatpur District is a district in Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. Shariatpur is named after the Islamic revivalist, Haji Shariatullah.
The name
Shariatpur was named after Haji Shariatullah, who was the founder of the Faraizi Movement and an eminent Islamic reformer/revivalist during the British Raj.
History
Shariatpur shares much of the history of the rest of the Faridpur and Barisal region. Formerly at the border of the regions of Vanga and Samatata, it passed through the hands of various local dynasties before Muslim rule in the late 13th century. A fort of Zamindars Chand Rai and Kedar Rai, of the Baro Bhuyans, was constructed in Shariatpur area. It was established as a district on 1 March 1984. In 1971, the Pakistan army in collaboration with their local collaborators conducted mass killing and plundering; they also set many houses of the district on fire.
Geography
Shariatpur is a district in central Bangladesh lying in the centre of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Padma River to the north which separates it from Munshiganj District, the Meghna River to the east which separates the district from Chandpur, Barisal district to the south and Madaripur district to the west.
Source: Wikipedia, Shariatpur District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 3 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Shariatpur is a district in Dhaka division with 3 seats in Parliament: Shariatpur-1 (Shariatpur Sadar and Zajira upazilas), Shariatpur-2 and Shariatpur-3. In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by the BNP. In the 12th Parliament (2024) the seats were all held by the Awami League.
Sayeed AhmedShariatpur-1, BNP
Md. Shafiqur Rahman (Kiron)Shariatpur-2, BNP
Miah Nuruddin Ahmad ApuShariatpur-3, BNP
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026