BNP Suffers 12 Losses as Jamaat-led Alliance Sees 8 Under 5,000 Vote Difference

As social media and print media are filled with claims of false statistics, The Daily Campus has attempted to break down the differences from a microscopic level. This investigation seeks to provide clarity on the 21 "photo finish" seats that defined the 2026 General Election. By verifying every figure, we highlight exactly how thin the margins were in the nation's most contested battlegrounds.

While the final national tally gave the BNP-led alliance 212 seats and the Jamaat-led 11-Party Alliance 77, the local reality was a game of inches. In 21 specific constituencies, the gap between victory and defeat was fewer than 5,000 votes. These razor-thin margins show a discerning electorate that evaluated individual candidates as much as party platforms.

The BNP suffered 12 narrow losses within this 5,000-vote threshold. In Dhaka-11, youth leader Md. Nahid Islam (NCP) defeated the BNP’s M. A. Qayyum by 2,039 votes. In Madaripur-1, Sayed Uddin Hanjala (BKM) edged out the BNP’s Nadira Akter by a mere 385 votes, the narrowest margin in the country.

The trend of narrow BNP defeats continued in Sirajganj-4, where Md. Rafiqul Islam Khan (Jamaat) beat M. Akbar Ali by 594 votes. In Rajshahi-1, Prof. Mujibur Rahman (Jamaat) won against Major Gen (Retd.) Sharif Uddin by 774 votes. In Dhaka-16, Md. Abdul Baten (Jamaat) defeated Md. Aminul Haque by 3,361 votes, while in Dhaka-4, Syed Zainul Abedin (Jamaat) beat Tanvir Ahmed by 2,920 votes.

Further BNP losses occurred in Pabna-3, where Muhammad Ali Asgar (Jamaat) defeated Hasan Zafir Tuhin by 3,269 votes. In Pabna-4, Md. Abu Taleb Mondal (Jamaat) won over Md. Habibur Rahman by 3,801 votes. In Rangpur-6, Md. Nurul Amin (Jamaat) beat Md. Saiful Islam by 2,425 votes, and in Bagerhat-1, Md. Mashiur Rahman Khan (Jamaat) defeated Kapil Krishna Mondal by 3,204 votes.

The final narrow BNP losses were in Netrokona-5, where Masum Mostafa (Jamaat) beat Md. Abu Taher Talukder by 2,765 votes, and Barguna-1, where Md. Oli Ullah (IAB) defeated Md. Nazrul Islam Molla by 4,146 votes.

Conversely, the Jamaat-led 11-Party Alliance suffered 8 narrow losses to the BNP. In Dhaka-17, BNP leader Tarique Rahman defeated S. M. Khaliduzzaman (Jamaat) by 4,399 votes.

The alliance also narrowly lost Cox's Bazar-4, where Shahjahan Chowdhury (BNP) beat Nur Ahmad Anwar (Jamaat) by 929 votes. In Chattogram-14, Jasim Uddin Ahmed (BNP) defeated Omar Faruque (LDP) by 1,026 votes. In Dhaka-13, Bobby Hajjaj (BNP) won against Mamunul Haque (BKM) by 2,320 votes, and in Dhaka-10, Sheikh Rabiul Alam (BNP) beat Md. Jashim Uddin (Jamaat) by 3,300 votes.

Other narrow alliance losses included Narayanganj-5, where Abul Kalam (BNP) defeated ABM Sirajul Mamun (BKM) by 4,603 votes. In Gaibandha-4, Mohammad Shamim Qaiser (BNP) won against Md. Abdur Rahim Sarkar (Jamaat) by 3,034 votes. Finally, in Khulna-5, Mohammad Ali Asgar (BNP) beat Mia Golam Parwar (Jamaat) by 2,608 votes, while in Brahmanbaria-5, Md. Abdul Mannan (BNP) defeated independent Kazi Nazmul Hossain by 1,061 votes.