Kishoreganj-1

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Kishoreganj-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Kishoreganj District
Division Dhaka Division
Electorate430,193 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984

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]

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas. [3] [4]

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. [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 A. K. M. Shamsul Haque Awami League [6]
1988 Bazlul Karim Falu Jatiya Party [7]
1991 ABM Zahidul Haq BNP
1996 A. K. M. Shamsul Haque Awami League
1999 by-election Alauddin Ahammad
2008 Sayed Ashraful Islam
2019 by-election Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi [8]

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. [9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kishoreganj-1 [3] [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Sayed Ashraful Islam 172,06562.2+13.4
BNP Md. Masud Hilali100,08036.2−12.5
CPB AKM Abu Raihan3,5261.3N/A
BSD Bikram Basudev Basak7510.3N/A
KSJL Faruk Ahmad Siddique2000.1−0.1
Majority 71,98526.0+25.9
Turnout 276,62284.2+10.0
AL hold
General Election 2001: Kishoreganj-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Alauddin Ahammad 86,62348.8
BNP Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan86,50948.7
IJOF M. A. Syed Azad3,8082.1
KSJL Faruk Ahmad Siddique4150.2
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)A. K. M. Shahjahan1980.1
Majority 1140.1
Turnout 177,55374.2
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999. [13] Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election. [14]

General Election June 1996: Kishoreganj-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL A. K. M. Shamsul Haque 58,23343.0+6.8
BNP Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan38,21628.2−12.7
JP(E) Md. Sohrab Uddin29,84822.1+8.5
JI Nurul Haque5,5564.1−2.2
Independent ABM Zahidul Haq 2,5421.9N/A
Zaker PartyA. K. M. Fazlul Haque3630.3−0.2
Gano Forum Md. Shafiur Rahman Khan2750.2N/A
Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)A. K. M. Shahjahan2550.2N/A
Majority 20,01714.8+10.1
Turnout 135,28872.1+24.4
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Kishoreganj-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP ABM Zahidul Haq 41,01040.9
AL AKM Shamsul Haque36,25636.2
JP(E) Md. Sohrab Uddin13,66113.6
JI Md. Tyabuzzaman6,2826.3
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)A. K. M. Shahjahan1,6351.6
Zaker PartyMd. Mujibur Rahman4590.5
Jatiya Oikkya FrontMd. Baki3360.3
Independent Md. Jalal Uddin Faruk3140.3
Independent Md. Fazlur Rahman Reza1780.2
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. A. Momen1280.1
Majority 4,7544.7
Turnout 100,25947.7
BNP gain from

References

  1. "Kishoreganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. Bashar, Reazul (3 January 2019). "Minister Syed Ashraful Islam dies in Bangkok". bdnews24.com.
  3. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  5. "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "Syed Ashraf's sister Zakia Noor Lipi elected uncontested from Kishoreganj-1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  9. 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.
  10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. 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.
  13. "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.
  14. "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2018.

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