Kishoreganj-1
Kishoreganj-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Kishoreganj District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 328,451 (2008)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Sayed Ashraful Islam |
Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas.[1][2]
History
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.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League[4] | |
1988 | Mohammad Bazlul Karim | [5] | |
1991 | ABM Zahidul Haq | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League | |
1999 by-election | Alauddin Ahammad | Awami League | |
2008 | Sayed Ashraful Islam | Awami League | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Awami League | 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 | ||
Awami League hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Awami League | 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 | |||
Awami League hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999.[10] Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
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Awami League | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | 58,233 | 43.0 | +6.8 | ||
BNP | Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan | 38,216 | 28.2 | -12.7 | ||
Jatiya Party (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 | |||
Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
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BNP | ABM Zahidul Haq | 41,010 | 40.9 | |||
Awami League | AKM Shamsul Haque | 36,256 | 36.2 | |||
Jatiya Party (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 | |||
JSD (R) | Md. A. Momen | 128 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 4,754 | 4.7 | ||||
Turnout | 100,259 | 47.7 | ||||
BNP gain from [[|N/A]] | ||||||
References
- 1 2 3 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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.
- ↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. 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.
- 1 2 3 "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.
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Coordinates: 24°27′N 90°47′E / 24.45°N 90.78°E