Kushtia-1
Appearance
Kushtia-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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District | Kushtia District |
Division | Khulna Division |
Electorate | 336,119 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Member(s) | Vacant |
Seat no. 75 |
Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rezaul Haque Chowdhury
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Daulatpur Upazila.[2][3]
History
[edit]The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | Azizur Rahman Akkas | Awami League[4] | |
1979 | Ahammad Ali | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mohammad Korban Ali | Jatiya Party[6][7] | |
1991 | Ahsanul Haq Mollah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2004 by-election | Bachhu Mollah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Afaz Uddin Ahmed | Awami League | |
2014 | Rezaul Haque Chowdhury | Independent | |
2018 | AKM Sarwar Jahan | Awami League[1] |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rezaul Haque Chowdhury | 62,528 | 54.2 | N/A | ||
AL | Afaz Uddin Ahmed | 52,909 | 45.8 | −12.4 | ||
Majority | 9,619 | 8.3 | −8.8 | |||
Turnout | 115,437 | 37.7 | −53.5 | |||
Independent gain from AL |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Afaz Uddin Ahmed | 145,063 | 58.2 | |||
BNP | Md. Altaf Hosen | 102,412 | 41.1 | |||
IAB | Md. Ruhul Amin | 869 | 0.3 | |||
JSD | Md. Ashraf Siddiquie | 649 | 0.3 | |||
BTF | Md. Hafizur Rahman | 323 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 42,651 | 17.1 | ||||
Turnout | 249,316 | 91.2 | ||||
AL gain from BNP |
Ahsanul Haq Mollah died in December 2003.[11] Bachhu Mollah, his son, was elected in a March 2004 by-election.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Ahsanul Haq Mollah | 108,326 | 49.1 | +11.0 | |
AL | Afaz Uddin Ahmed | 103,491 | 46.9 | +19.2 | |
IJOF | Md. Golam Mostafa | 6,056 | 2.7 | N/A | |
JSD | Md. Rezaul Haq | 1,994 | 0.9 | −1.6 | |
WPB | Md. Lutfar Rahman Joarder | 598 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Md. Kamal Hossain | 184 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Md. Moslem Uddin | 143 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Janata Party (Hafizur) | Hafizur Rahman Khaja | 30 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,835 | 2.2 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 220,822 | 86.0 | −2.7 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Ahsanul Haq Mollah | 64,692 | 38.1 | −0.2 | |
AL | Afaz Uddin Ahmed | 47,053 | 27.7 | N/A | |
JP(E) | Korban Ali | 36,797 | 21.7 | +4.1 | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Yakub Ali | 11,657 | 6.9 | −10.3 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Nur Kutubul Alam | 4,551 | 2.7 | −2.4 | |
JSD | Kazi Aref Ahmed | 4,293 | 2.5 | −3.5 | |
Zaker Party | Md. Kamal Hossain | 636 | 0.4 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Md. Matiar Rahman | 214 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,639 | 10.4 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 169,893 | 88.7 | +16.3 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Md. Ahsanul Haq Molla | 56,807 | 38.3 | |||
JP(E) | Korban Ali | 26,140 | 17.6 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Yakub Ali | 25,591 | 17.2 | |||
BAKSAL | Md. Shamsul Alam Dudu | 20,327 | 13.7 | |||
JSD | Kazi Aref Ahmed | 8,919 | 6.0 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Nur Kutubul Alam | 7,589 | 5.1 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Zahidul Islam | 2,264 | 1.5 | |||
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) | Md. Hafizur Rahman Khaza | 478 | 0.3 | |||
FP | Abu Bakar | 247 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | AKM Sarwar Jahan | 110 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 30,667 | 20.7 | ||||
Turnout | 148,472 | 72.4 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kushtia-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kushtia-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Aman, Amanur (5 January 2004). "Intra-party rivalry intensifies over ticket for Kushtia-1 by-polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Alliance candidate heads for victory". The Daily Star. UNB. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
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