Fazle Hossain Badsha

Basha was first elected to parliament in 2008 using the boat symbol of the Awami League from Rajshahi-2.^[4] He received 116,599 votes while his closest opponent, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 89,050 votes.^[5]

Badsha was re-elected in the 2014 general election unopposed after opposition parties, including the main Bangladesh Nationalist Party, boycotted the election and withdrew their candidates.^[6]

Badsha was re-elected in 2018 general election as a candidate of the Workers Party of Bangladesh and with the electoral symbol of the Awami League.^[7] He received 115,453 while his nearest rival, Mizanur Rahman Minu of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 103,327 votes.^[7]

Badsha contested the January 2024 election as a candidate of the 14-party alliance led by Awami League, which includes the Workers Party of Bangladesh, but lost to independent candidate and Awami League politician Shafiqur Rahman Badsha.^[8][9] He lost to the vice president of Rajshahi City Awami League and school teacher, Shafiqur Rahman, who enjoyed the support of local Awami League activists.^[9][10] He alleged the vote was rigged in favor of his opponents.^[8] He received 31,466 votes while his opponent received 54,906 votes.^[4] He was the chairperson the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous and Minority Affairs.^[11]

After the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Badsha campaigned for the release of detained Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and Rajshahi City councilor, Nuruzzaman Khan, who was detained in a sabotage case in the crackdown following the movement.^[8]