Kishoreganj-1
Kishoreganj-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Kishoreganj District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 430,193 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election.[2]
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas.[3][4]
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League[6] | |
1988 | Bazlul Karim Falu | [7] | |
1991 | ABM Zahidul Haq | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League | |
1999 by-election | Alauddin Ahammad | Jatiya Party (Manju) | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Sayed Ashraful Islam | Awami League | |
2019 by-election | Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi[8] | 14 Party Alliance |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Sayed Ashraful Islam | 172,065 | 62.2 | +13.4 | |
BNP | Md. Masud Hilali | 100,080 | 36.2 | −12.5 | |
CPB | AKM Abu Raihan | 3,526 | 1.3 | N/A | |
BSD | Bikram Basudev Basak | 751 | 0.3 | N/A | |
KSJL | Faruk Ahmad Siddique | 200 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 71,985 | 26.0 | +25.9 | ||
Turnout | 276,622 | 84.2 | +10.0 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Jatiya Party (M) | Alauddin Ahammad | 86,623 | 48.8 | ||
BNP | Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan | 86,509 | 48.7 | ||
IJOF | M. A. Syed Azad | 3,808 | 2.1 | ||
KSJL | Faruk Ahmad Siddique | 415 | 0.2 | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 198 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 114 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 177,553 | 74.2 | |||
AL hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999.[13] Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | 58,233 | 43.0 | +6.8 | ||
BNP | Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan | 38,216 | 28.2 | −12.7 | ||
JP(E) | Md. Sohrab Uddin | 29,848 | 22.1 | +8.5 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Nurul Haque | 5,556 | 4.1 | −2.2 | ||
Independent | ABM Zahidul Haq | 2,542 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | A. K. M. Fazlul Haque | 363 | 0.3 | −0.2 | ||
Gano Forum | Md. Shafiur Rahman Khan | 275 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 255 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 20,017 | 14.8 | +10.1 | |||
Turnout | 135,288 | 72.1 | +24.4 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | ABM Zahidul Haq | 41,010 | 40.9 | |||
AL | AKM Shamsul Haque | 36,256 | 36.2 | |||
JP(E) | Md. Sohrab Uddin | 13,661 | 13.6 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Tyabuzzaman | 6,282 | 6.3 | |||
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 1,635 | 1.6 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Mujibur Rahman | 459 | 0.5 | |||
Jatiya Oikkya Front | Md. Baki | 336 | 0.3 | |||
Independent | Md. Jalal Uddin Faruk | 314 | 0.3 | |||
Independent | Md. Fazlur Rahman Reza | 178 | 0.2 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. A. Momen | 128 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 4,754 | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 100,259 | 47.7 | ||||
BNP gain from |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kishoreganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Bashar, Reazul (3 January 2019). "Minister Syed Ashraful Islam dies in Bangkok". bdnews24.com.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Syed Ashraf's sister Zakia Noor Lipi elected uncontested from Kishoreganj-1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Kiśōragañja jēlā ā.Līgē sthabiratā" কিশোরগঞ্জ জেলা আ.লীগে স্থবিরতা [Stagnation in Kishoreganj district AL]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
External links
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