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'''Sheikh Helal Uddin''' is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami League politician and member of parliament from [[Bagerhat-1]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 by Dhaka Tribune {{!}} Sheikh Helal Uddin :: Bagerhat-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/members/view/439 |website=election.dhakatribune.com |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>

Sheikh Helal was born on 1 January 1961. He studied up to H.S.C. or grade 12.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/336 |title=Sheikh Helal Uddin -শেখ হেলাল উদ্দীন |website=Amarmp |language=en |access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref> His father [[Sheikh Naser]] was the younger brother of Sheikh Mujib, the first president of Bangladesh, who was killed in [[assassination of Sheikh Mujib]].<ref>{{cite news |title=House of PM's cousins attacked in Khulna |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/10/30/house-of-pm-s-cousins-attacked-in-khulna |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref> He is the cousin of Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hasina’s relatives pile up assets in 5 years |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/dec/25/hasina%E2%80%99s-relatives-pile-assets-5-years |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref>

Sheikh Helal's election rally in [[Mollahat Upazila]] in [[2001 Bagerhat bombing|2001 was bombed]] by members [[Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mufti Hannan, 5 others charge sheeted |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/mufti-hannan-5-others-charge-sheeted |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=22 August 2013 |access-date=7 October 2016}}</ref> He was elected to Parliament from Bagerhat-1 in 1996 in a by-election after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina abdicated the seat. She was elected in 3 seats. He was re-elected in 2001 from Bagerhat-1.<ref name="1996results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 7th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> In 2008, Sheikh Hasina won the election from Bagerhat-1, [[Rangpur-6]], and [[Gopalganj-3]] but vacated Bagerhat-1 and [[Rangpur-6]]. He won the Bagerhat-1 election in April 2009 unopposed after the other two candidates were disqualified by Bangladesh Election Commission.<ref name="voa15Feb2009">{{cite news |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2009-02-15-voa6-94450489/1398359.html |title=By-Elections for Bangladesh's Parliament Scheduled for March 30 |work=VOA Bangla |date=15 February 2009 |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> He was re-elected in Bagerhat-1 in 2014.<ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |title=AL closer to majority before voting |work=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-80234 |title=Sheikh Helal elected MP uncontested |date=2009-03-18 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2018-12-24}}</ref>