Feni-1

Feni-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Feni District
Division	Chattogram Division
Electorate	305,055 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Chandpur-5 (Constituency 264)
Next Constituency	Feni-2 (Constituency 266)

Feni-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the seat has been vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Noakhali-1 constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur.

Members of Parliament

Key

  JP(E)   BNP   AL   JSD

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Zafar Imam	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1988
	1991	Khaleda Zia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996 Feb
	1996 June
	2001
	Nov 2001 by-election	Sayeed Iskander
	2008	Khaleda Zia
	2014	Shirin Akhter	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
	2018
	2024	Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shirin Akhter was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Feni-1 ^{[2] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	114,482	65.4	−6.8
	AL	Faiz Ahmed	58,551	33.4	+7.7
	BDB	Mohalled Ilias Zakaria	1,215	0.7
	BIF	Mohammead Rafiqul Islam Patwari	596	0.3
	BSD	Rezaul Karim	235	0.1
Majority			55,931	31.9
Turnout			175,079	78.7
	BNP hold		Swing	-7.25

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^{[9] [10]} Sayeed Iskander, her brother, was elected in a November 2001 by-election. ^[11]

General Election 2001: Feni-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	103,149	72.2	+16.6
	AL	Zafar Imam	36,763	25.7	+5.1
	Independent	Fazlul Haq Chowdhury	1,018	0.7	N/A
	IJOF	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	688	0.5	N/A
	BIF	Ruhul Amin	449	0.3	+0.1
	BKA	Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan	449	0.3	+0.1
	Independent	Md. Redwan Ullah	166	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Salim Mohi Uddin	162	0.1	N/A
Majority			66,386	46.5	+11.5
Turnout			142,844	69.1	−5.4
	BNP hold		Swing	+10.85

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Feni-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	65,086	55.6	+16.9
	AL	M. Wazi. Ullah Bhuiyan	24,138	20.6	−4.1
	JP(E)	Zafar Imam	15,897	13.6	−10.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Yunus	8,480	7.2	−1.5
	IOJ	Habibur Rahman	1,758	1.5	N/A
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	385	0.3	−0.2
	Zaker Party	Abdul Kalam Majumder	300	0.3	−0.2
	BKA	Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan	289	0.2	−0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Joinal Abedin	265	0.2	−0.2
	BIF	Ruhul Amin	265	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist)	Safiqur Rahman Majumder	156	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Qazi Faruk	133	0.1	N/A
Majority			40,948	35.0	+21.1
Turnout			117,152	74.5	+29.1
	BNP hold		Swing	+10.5

General Election 1991: Feni-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	36,375	38.7
	AL	Md. Zakaria Bhuiyan	23,250	24.7
	JP(E)	Zafar Imam	22,601	24.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Yunus	8,163	8.7
	JSD	Shirin Akhter	1,245	1.3
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Mujibul Haq	782	0.8
	Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula)	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	517	0.5
	Zaker Party	Abul Kalam	452	0.5
	BKA	Anwar Ullah	367	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mir Abdul Hannan	351	0.4
Majority			13,125	13.9
Turnout			94,103	45.4
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. "Feni-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. 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.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "BNP nominees for by-election announced". Gulf News. 22 October 2001. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
10. "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
11. "Khaleda's brother Sayeed Eskander dies". bdnews25.com. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
12. "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

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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