Abul Kalam
আবুল কালাম
Government posts last checked: 24 October 2026, Cabinet
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Abul Kalam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member of the 13th Parliament elected from Narayanganj-5. This page gives his profile and contact details.
Advocate Abul Kalam is a member of the 13th Parliament elected from Narayanganj-5 (Sadar and Bandar). This veteran BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) leader has become an MP for the fourth time.
He was born on 11 March 1951 in Narayanganj district. His father, Haji Jalal Uddin Ahmed, was a founding member of the BNP and a member of parliament. His mother is Rahemunnesa Begum. He is a lawyer by profession and was enrolled as a lawyer in 1987.
Abul Kalam has served as president of the Narayanganj Metropolitan BNP and as a member of the BNP's central executive committee. He was elected MP from Narayanganj-5 in the parliamentary elections of 1991, February 1996 and 2001.
In the 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026, he was again elected MP for Narayanganj-5 with 114,799 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol.
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Constituency
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.
Terms in Parliament
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)BNPBangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)BNPAccording to the Parliament Secretariat, he has been elected an MP 4 times in all; details of 1 of the 3 earlier terms are given here. Parliament’s database holds the records of the 4th, 5th and 7th to 12th Parliaments; it has no lists for the 1st to 3rd and the 6th, so an earlier term in those, if any, does not appear here.
Votes won in the 2026 election
All results for the seat →- Abul KalamBNPWinner114,79943.1%
- ABM Shirajul Mamun
Khelafat Majlis101,19638.0% - Md. Maksud HossainIndependent34,15112.8%
- Maulana Md. Masum Billah
Islami Andolan7,7082.9% - Syed Bahadur Shah MujaddidiIFB4,6501.7%
- Montu Chandra GhoshCPB1,5750.6%
- Tariqul Islam
Ganosamhati Andolan1,0230.4% - Md. Nahid Hossain
Gono Odhikar Parishad6430.2% - Abu Naeem Khan BiplobBasad3700.1%
- H.M. Amjad Hossain MollahBSM2420.1%
Parliament Secretariat notifications(3)
Seat: Narayanganj-5
Seat page →The Election Commission’s description of this seat’s area is available in Bangla. Read it in Bangla
Parliamentary committees(1)
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