Syed Kamal Bakht: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}{{Infobox officeholder

Bakht successfully won a seat in the [[1970 Pakistani general election]]s but did not became a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] due to the outbreak of the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He played an important role as a freedom fighter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/304999/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF|work=[[The Daily Ittefaq]]|language=bn|title=কপোতাক্ষ পাড়ের বধ্যভূমি|author=Hosen, Riyad|date=6 December 2021}}</ref> He was elected to parliament from [[Satkhira-1|Khulna-13]] as an [[Awami League]] candidate following the [[1973 Bangladeshi general election]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title="List of 1st Parliament Members" |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). |accessdate=12 April 2020}}</ref> He lost this seat in the next election to [[M. Mansur Ali]] but regained it in 1986 when the constituency was renamed to Satkhira-1. He served in this second term until 1988, in which he lost it to his relative [[Syed Didar Bakht]] of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]. At the [[1991 Bangladeshi general election]], Bakht again lost, this time to [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] politician [[Ansar Ali]]. He managed to defeat Ali at the subsequent [[1996 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=105 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234703/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=105 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref>