Magura-1

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Magura-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Magura District
Division Khulna Division
Electorate400,485 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1984

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

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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. [1] [2]

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. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 M. A. Matin Jatiya Party [4] [5]
1991 Majid-ul-Haq BNP
1996 Muhammad Serajul Akbar Awami League [6] [7]
2015 by-election ATM Abdul Wahab
2018 Saifuzzaman Shikhor
2024 Shakib Al Hasan

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. [8]

Magura-1 by-election, May 2015 [9] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL ATM Abdul Wahab 93,18186.6+32.0
Independent Tapan Kumar Singha12,79011.9N/A
National People's PartyQuazi Tauhidul Alam9020.8N/A
BNF AKM Mutasim Billah7090.7+0.1
Majority 80,39174.7+65.4
Turnout 107,58233.2−0.2
AL hold
General Election 2014: Magura-1 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 56,05154.6+0.6
Independent Tapon Kumar Singho46,47445.3N/A
BNF AKM Mutasim Billah480.6N/A
Majority 9,5779.3−1.0
Turnout 102,57333.4−57.7
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Magura-1 [1] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 135,59654.0+7.7
BNP Iqbal Akhter Khan109,83543.7+2.6
IAB Moin Uddin Ahmmed5,1982.1N/A
LDP A. N. Kamal Uddin Mustafa5770.2N/A
Majority 25,76110.3+5.0
Turnout 251,20691.1+7.1
AL hold
General Election 2001: Magura-1 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 97,54246.3+1.8
BNP Nitai Roy Chowdhury86,46841.1+21.4
IJOF Hasan Siraj Suja22,56910.7N/A
Independent Majid-ul-Haq 3,1771.5N/A
Gano Forum Muhammad Mizanur Rahman5250.3N/A
WPB Kazi Nazrul Islam2360.1N/A
Majority 11,0745.3−9.2
Turnout 210,51784.0+0.5
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Magura-1 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 73,54344.5+6.1
JP(E) Iqbal Akhter Khan49,59430.0+28.4
BNP Majid-ul-Haq 32,62119.7−26.6
JI Liakat Ali Khan5,7063.5−1.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD M. A. Awal1,3430.8+0.7
NAP (Bhashani)Md. Amzad Hossain8360.5N/A
Zaker PartyAbul Hasem Moulana4840.3−4.6
Jatiya Seba DalMd. Fazlul Hoque3650.2N/A
IOJ Md. Shahidul Islam3030.2N/A
JSD Birendra Nath Mazumder2980.20.0
Independent Md. Mijanur Rahman1050.1N/A
Majority 23,94914.5+6.6
Turnout 165,19883.5+10.9
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Magura-1 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Majid-ul-Haq 69,72846.3
AL Altaf Hossain57,79538.4
Zaker PartyA. Haq7,6595.1
JI Abdul Matin6,8924.6
BAKSAL Roy Ramesh Chandra2,4231.6
IOJ Amjad Hossain2,4211.6
JP(E) Munshi Faizul Kabir2,3561.6
Independent Hasan Rakib7750.5
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mamudur Rahman2550.2
JSD T. M. Mohabbat Ali1490.1
Majority 11,9337.9
Turnout 150,45372.6
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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  2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "Magura-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. "Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan elected from Magura-1". The Business Standard. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  8. 1 2 "AL-backed Wahab sweeps Magura-1 by-polls". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. "By-election to Magura-1 today". The Daily Star. UNB. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. "Magura-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. 1 2 3 "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.

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