Khandakar Abdul Muktadir

খন্দকার আবদুল মুক্তাদীর

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)Sylhet-1 Sylhet district

Current member, 13th ParliamentMinister, Ministry of IndustriesMinister, Ministry of Textiles and JuteMinister, Ministry of Commerce

Government posts last checked: 24 October 2026, Cabinet

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Khandakar Abdul Muktadir (BNP) is the MP for Sylhet-1 and Minister in the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Textiles and Jute and Ministry of Industries.

He was born on 25 September 1969 in Ahmadpur, Tetli, South Surma, Sylhet. By profession he is a businessman.

This is his first term as an MP. In the 2026 election he was elected with 176,936 votes, 41,953 more than the nearest rival (according to The Business Standard's count). He is a member of 3 committees of Parliament.

This introduction is put together from the information on this page: Parliament's list of members, the published election result and the Wikipedia facts marked with an asterisk in the list below. It contains no assessment of our own.

Khandakar Abdul Muktadir’s biography is available in Bangla. Read the biography in Bangla

Born25 September 1969 (aged 57)

BirthplaceAhmadpur, Tetli, South Surma, Sylhet

GenderMale

EducationSylhet Cadet College (SSC)Dhaka City College (HSC)National University (MSS in Political Science)North South University (MBA)

ProfessionBusiness^*

Current term17 February 2026 to 16 February 2031

Elected an MPOnce

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Constituency

Sylhet-1

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

13th Parliament, 2026Sylhet-1Current term

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)BNP

According to the Parliament Secretariat, he has been elected an MP once. 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

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13th Parliament, 2026Candidates' total: 317,756 votes

Khandakar Abdul MuktadirBNPWinner176,93655.7%
Maulana Habibur RahmanJamaat-e-Islami134,98342.5%
Mahmudul HasanIslami Andolan2,7010.9%
Pranab Jyoti PalBasad1,1130.4%
Mohammad Anwar HossainCPB9080.3%
Sanjay Kanta DasSPB-M8010.3%
Akmal HossainGono Odhikar Parishad3140.1%

Source: The Business Standard. Not checked against the Election Commission's gazette. The source has no vote count for 1 candidate. Wikipedia also gives the same votes for the winner.Original page

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Seat: Sylhet-1

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Area

(a) ward nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 of Sylhet City Corporation and (b) Sylhet Sadar upazila

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