Abdul Mannan (born 2 July 1942) is a

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh ( bn, বিকল্প ধারা বাংলাদেশ, translit=Bikôlpa Dhāra Bānglādesh, lit=Alternate Path Bangladesh) is a political party in Bangladesh founded by former President of Bangladesh and BNP p ...

politician and the incumbent

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

member representing the Laxmipur-4 constituency. He is the Chairman of Sunman Group.

Career

Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the

February 1996 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Vo ...

. Mannan contested the parliamentary election from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in the

June 1996 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to ...

and lost. He received 63,631 votes. Mannan was elected to parliament from Dhaka-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He received 94,995 votes. He resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2005 and joined

. On 15 September 2006, Manans rally in Noakhali District was attacked. Mannan was elected to parliament from Laxmipur-4 as a Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh candidate on 30 December 2018. He received 183,906 votes. while his nearest rival, ASM Abdur Rob of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab), received 40,993 votes.

References

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