Lakshmipur-1

Lakshmipur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Lakshmipur District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	219,940 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Noakhali-6 (Constituency 273)
Next Constituency	Lakshmipur-2 (Constituency 275)

Lakshmipur-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Ramganj Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A. N. M. Shamsul Islam	Jatiya Party [4]
	1988	M. A. Gofran	No party [4]
	1991	Ziaul Haque Zia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Nazim Uddin Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Ziaul Haque Zia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Nazim Uddin Ahmed	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2014	M. A. Awal	Tarikat Federation
	2018	Anwar Hossain Khan	Awami League [1] [5]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Lakshmipur-1 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BTF	M. A. Awal	49,656	67.3	+67.1
	Independent	Shafiqul Islam	21,859	29.6	N/A
	JP(E)	Mahmudur Rahman Mahmud	2,286	3.1	N/A
Majority			27,797	37.7	+23.1
Turnout			73,801	39.8	−41.9
	BTF gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Lakshmipur-1 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nazim Uddin Ahmed	74,276	56.2	−9.7
	AL	Shahjahan	54,946	41.6	+10.6
	IAB	Md. Abdul Kabir	1,850	1.4	N/A
	National People's Party	Mosaraf Hossain	324	0.2	N/A
	BTF	Md. Aminul Haque Tipu	317	0.2	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Amin Ullah	252	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Abu Sayed Mohon	240	0.2	N/A
Majority			19,330	14.6	−20.3
Turnout			132,205	81.7	+15.3
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Lakshmipur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ziaul Haque Zia	68,990	65.9	+22.0
	AL	Shahjahan	32,437	31.0	+4.5
	IJOF	Mahmudur Rahman Mahmud	2,572	2.5	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Abdur Razzak	226	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mahmudul Haq	187	0.2	N/A
	JSD	Abu Sayed Mohon	160	0.2	N/A
	WPB	Md. Nazrul Islam	93	0.1	N/A
Majority			36,553	34.9	+17.5
Turnout			104,665	66.4	+7.0
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Lakshmipur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ziaul Haque Zia	28,577	43.9	+3.3
	AL	Safiqul Islam	17,244	26.5	+16.0
	JP(E)	Monir Ahmed	9,345	14.4	+1.7
	JI	Lutfor Rahman	8,843	13.6	−4.9
	Sramajibi Oikkya Forum	Md. Sirajul Islam	229	0.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Samsad (Darshan Shava)	Md. Momin Ullah	209	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Samsuddin	190	0.3	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Abdur Razzak	177	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Golam Sarwar Mazumder	175	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	M. Hasmat Ullah Sheikh	74	0.1	−1.4
Majority			11,333	17.4	−4.7
Turnout			65,063	59.4	+21.8
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Lakshmipur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ziaul Haque Zia	24,727	40.6
	JI	Lutfar Rahman	11,248	18.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shafiqul Islam	9,783	16.0
	JP(E)	Sirajul Islam	7,725	12.7
	AL	Ukil Sultan Ahmad	6,406	10.5
	Zaker Party	M. Hasmat Ullah Sheikh	938	1.5
	Independent	Syed Md. Nurul Islam Miaji	136	0.2
Majority			13,479	22.1
Turnout			60,963	37.6
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Laxmipur-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). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. Kamol, Ershad (31 December 2018). "Results show BNP candidates' votes fall unusually". New Age. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
6. "AL wins 3 seats, JP 1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
7. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Lakshmipur-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "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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