Magura-1

Magura-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Magura District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	400,485 (2024)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Saifuzzaman Shikhor
Created from	Jessore-12

Magura-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Shakib Al Hasan of the Awami League. ^[1]

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila, Magura Municipality, and nine union parishads of Magura Sadar Upazila: Atharakhada, Bagia, Chaulia, Hazrapur, Jagdal, Kasundi, Maghi, and Raghab Dair. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Jessore-12 constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	M. A. Matin	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Majid-ul-Haq	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Muhammad Serajul Akbar	Awami League
	2015 by-election	ATM Abdul Wahab	Awami League
	2018	Saifuzzaman Shikhor	Awami League [7]
	2024	Shakib Al Hasan	Awami League [8]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Muhammad Serajul Akbar died in March 2015. ATM Abdul Wahab of the Awami League was elected in a May 2015 by-election. ^[9]

Magura-1 by-election, May 2015 ^{[10] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	ATM Abdul Wahab	93,181	86.6	+32.0
	Independent	Tapan Kumar Singha	12,790	11.9	N/A
	National People's Party	Quazi Tauhidul Alam	902	0.8	N/A
	BNF	AKM Mutasim Billah	709	0.7	+0.1
Majority			80,391	74.7	+65.4
Turnout			107,582	33.2	-0.2
	AL hold

General Election 2014: Magura-1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Serajul Akbar	56,051	54.6	+0.6
	Independent	Tapon Kumar Singho	46,474	45.3	N/A
	BNF	AKM Mutasim Billah	48	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,577	9.3	-1.0
Turnout			102,573	33.4	-57.7
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Magura-1 ^{[2] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Serajul Akbar	135,596	54.0	+7.7
	BNP	Iqbal Akhter Khan	109,835	43.7	+2.6
	IAB	Moin Uddin Ahmmed	5,198	2.1	N/A
	LDP	A. N. Kamal Uddin Mustafa	577	0.2	N/A
Majority			25,761	10.3	+5.0
Turnout			251,206	91.1	+7.1
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Magura-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Serajul Akbar	97,542	46.3	+1.8
	BNP	Nitai Roy Chowdhury	86,468	41.1	+21.4
	IJOF	Hasan Siraj Suja	22,569	10.7	N/A
	Independent	Majid-ul-Haq	3,177	1.5	N/A
	Gano Forum	Muhammad Mizanur Rahman	525	0.3	N/A
	WPB	Kazi Nazrul Islam	236	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,074	5.3	-9.2
Turnout			210,517	84.0	+0.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Magura-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Serajul Akbar	73,543	44.5	+6.1
	JP(E)	Iqbal Akhter Khan	49,594	30.0	+28.4
	BNP	Majid-ul-Haq	32,621	19.7	-26.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Liakat Ali Khan	5,706	3.5	-1.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	M. A. Awal	1,343	0.8	+0.7
	NAP (Bhashani)	Md. Amzad Hossain	836	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abul Hasem Moulana	484	0.3	-4.6
	Jatiya Seba Dal	Md. Fazlul Hoque	365	0.2	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Shahidul Islam	303	0.2	N/A
	JSD	Birendra Nath Mazumder	298	0.2	0.0
	Independent	Md. Mijanur Rahman	105	0.1	N/A
Majority			23,949	14.5	+6.6
Turnout			165,198	83.5	+10.9
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Magura-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Majid-ul-Haq	69,728	46.3
	AL	Altaf Hossain	57,795	38.4
	Zaker Party	A. Haq	7,659	5.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Matin	6,892	4.6
	BAKSAL	Roy Ramesh Chandra	2,423	1.6
	IOJ	Amjad Hossain	2,421	1.6
	JP(E)	Munshi Faizul Kabir	2,356	1.6
	Independent	Hasan Rakib	775	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mamudur Rahman	255	0.2
	JSD	T. M. Mohabbat Ali	149	0.1
Majority			11,933	7.9
Turnout			150,453	72.6
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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External links

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

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