The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has announced the results of its biennial election for the 2026-2028 term, with Ali Afzal elected as president and Abdur Razzaque as senior vice president.
The Election Commission completed the manual vote count around 1:00am on Sunday, following a day of peaceful polling on Saturday. REHAB confirmed the results through an official press release.
Ali Afzal secured the presidency with 232 votes, while Abdur Razzaque won the senior vice president post in a closely contested race with 216 votes.
Among the vice presidents elected, Mohammed Akhtar Biswas won VP-1 with 250 votes, Abu Khalid Md Barkatullah took VP-2 with 255 votes, and AFM Ubaidullah claimed VP-3 with 234 votes. Dr Md Harun-or-Rashid won the finance vice presidency with 262 votes.
Mohammad Morshedul Hasan topped the Chittagong regional VP race with the standout tally of 317 votes.
In the directors' category, Mohammad Labib Billah led all candidates in the election with 338 votes, followed jointly by Umme Jahan Arzu and Habibur Rahman Habib, each polling 304.
Three panels contested the election. The Progressive Housing Businessmen Council (Pragatishil Abasan Byabsayi Parishad) captured 15 seats, including the president, senior vice president, finance VP, VP-2, VP-3 and 10 director posts. The Housing Businessmen Unity Council (Abasan Byabsayi Oikya Parishad) won 14 seats, including VP-1, the Chittagong VP and 12 directors. The Jagaran Panel failed to win any seat.
The newly elected leadership pledged to work with all stakeholders: developers, buyers, investors and relevant public and private institutions to address long-standing challenges facing the sector, including high registration costs, limited bank financing, slow approval processes and policy bottlenecks.
REHAB expressed confidence that the new committee will take concrete steps to foster a business-friendly investment climate, promote modern urbanisation and expand affordable housing options for ordinary citizens, with a broader positive impact on the national economy.