Claim that Gias Uddin Taheri won the election is false
Multiple posts circulating on Facebook recently claimed that Gias Uddin Taheri, the Bangladesh Islami Front candidate for Sunamganj‑4 constituency in the 13th National Parliamentary Election, won the seat. But Dismislab’s fact-checkfound the claim to be false.
On February 13, 2026, a personal Facebook profile shared a post (archived) featuring photos of Taheri, BNP candidate Fazlur Rahman and independent candidate Rumin Farhana. The caption read: “These three courageous voices will shake Parliament with their speeches on the Liberation War and Bangabandhu, Inshallah. Congratulations to all of you.” The post received more than 93,000 reactions and had been shared over 4,400 times so far.
The same day, a Facebook page posted a video (archived) showing crowds dancing and celebrating. Text inside the video and in the caption said, “Our Taheri has become an MP.” This video has been viewed at least 15,000 times.
Two additional personal profiles posted similar claims on February 12, each featuring photos of Taheri. One caption read: “Alhamdulillah, Taheri Huzur has won.” Another post stated “Habiganj’s MP,” with the caption: “Maulana Taheri Huzur has won. Congratulations to him. 🌹🌹🌹 Alhamdulillah 🌹🌹🌹”
To verify the claim, Dismislab ran multiple searches using relevant keywords such as “Gias Uddin Taheri,” “Sunamganj‑4,” “election,” and “results.” Reports published by several news outlets (1, 2, 3, 4) show the actual results.
According to a report by the daily Prothom Alo, voting in Habiganj‑4 (Chunarughat‑Madhabpur), which is Taheri’s constituency, took place across 184 polling centers. Based on the full count, Islami Front candidate Maulana Gias Uddin Taheri lost by 103,749 votes.
BNP candidate S.M. Faisal won the seat with 188,072 votes, and Taheri received 84,323 votes.
In other words, the widely circulated claim that Taheri won the election is not true.
On February 12, Bangladesh held its 13th National Parliamentary Election and a nationwide referendum. After voting ended, various kinds of misinformation regarding constituency results and political parties spread across social media, many of which have been documented in Dismislab’s fact‑check report.
