A file picture of the Bangladesh Parliament, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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4 candidates from minority communities, together with two Hindus, received within the latest normal elections in Bangladesh, with all being nominees of the BNP, which is ready to type the federal government on Tuesday (February 17, 2026).
Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Nitai Roy Chowdhury are the 2 Hindu candidates who received on a Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion (BNP) ticket. They received from a Dhaka seat and the western Magura constituency, defeating their rivals fielded by the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Mr. Roy is a member of the BNP’s highest policy-making standing committee, whereas Mr. Chowdhury is without doubt one of the outstanding vice presidents of the get together in addition to a senior advisor and strategist for its high management.
The third minority MP-elect is Saching Pru, a senior BNP chief and follower of the Buddhist religion, representing the Marma ethnic group in southeastern hill district of Bandarban, from the place he was elected.
The fourth minority candidate, Dipen Dewan, belongs to the Buddhist majority Chakma ethnic minority group, who received from a constituency in southeastern Rangamati hill district.
Nevertheless, his non secular id is obscure with many describing him as a Hindu.
Hindus make up about 8% of the inhabitants within the Muslim-majority nation of 170 million individuals.
Mr. Dewan defeated an unbiased Chakma candidate as his nearest rival, whereas Mr. Pru defeated a nominee of the student-led Nationwide Citizen Occasion, which was fashioned final 12 months by the College students In opposition to Discrimination, which led the mass protests towards ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
In line with the Election Fee, 79 candidates, together with 10 girls from non secular minority communities, largely Hindus, contested the election on Thursday (February 12, 2026). Whereas 67 have been nominated by 22 political events, 12 ran as unbiased candidates.
The Communist Occasion of Bangladesh (CPB) fielded the very best quantity with 17 minority candidates.
It was adopted by left-leaning Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (BSD) with eight minority candidates, little-known Bangladesh Minority Janata Occasion (BMJP) with eight candidates and left-leaning Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (BASOD) with seven candidates.
The BNP fielded six candidates and Jatiya Occasion nominated 4 candidates.
The Jamaat-e-Islami nominated a minority Hindu candidate for the primary time in its historical past.
The most important Islamist get together fielded veteran businessman Krishna Nandi from a southwestern Khulna constituency who misplaced however his participation as a Jamaat nominee was broadly mentioned. He completed because the runner-up within the Khulna-1 constituency conceding defeat to a BNP candidate.
The variety of Hindu MPs within the 2024 election was 17 and the identical variety of Hindus received within the 2018 election with most of them belonging to Hasina’s Awami League.
Led by Tarique Rahman, the BNP swept to energy with a two-thirds majority with 49.97% votes and 212 seats in Thursday’s (February 12, 2026) polls, outcomes for which have been declared on Friday (February 13, 2026).
The Jamaat-e-Islami, which was against the nation’s 1971 independence from Pakistan, registered its best-ever efficiency with 31.76% votes and 68 seats. The Nationwide Citizen Occasion (NCP) secured the third-highest variety of seats, six, and three.05% votes.
Revealed – February 16, 2026 02:15 am IST