Mymensingh-1

Mymensingh-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	377,296 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 145 Sherpur-3 147 Mymensingh-2 →

Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mahmudul Haque Saeam.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Haluaghat Upazila and Dhobaura Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Md. Delwar Hossain	Awami League [6]
	1979	Tafazzal Hossain Khan	BNP [7]
	1986	Md. Emdadul Haque	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	1991	Promode Mankin	Awami League
	1996	Afzal H. Khan	BNP
	2001	Promode Mankin	Awami League
	2016 by-election	Jewel Areng
	2024	Mahmudul Haque Sayem	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Promode Mankin died in May 2016. Jewel Areng, his son, was elected in a July by-election. ^[10]

Mymensingh-1 by-election, 2016 ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Jewel Areng [note 1]	170,234	91.6	+31.5
	Independent	Selima Khatun	14,338	7.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Sohrab Uddin Khan [note 2]	1,586	0.9	N/A
Majority			155,846	83.8	+62.1
Turnout			185,896	51.3	−44.3
	AL hold

Promode Mankin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[12]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Mymensingh-1 ^{[2] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	142,981	60.1	+21.9
	BNP	Afzal H. Khan	91,345	38.4	+5.5
	IAB	Md. Ali Akbar	3,487	1.5	N/A
Majority			51,636	21.7	+16.4
Turnout			237,813	95.6	+20.3
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	47,873	38.2	+7.2
	BNP	Afzal H. Khan	41,280	32.9	+1.9
	IJOF	Ali Azgar	35,770	28.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Habibur Rahman	416	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,593	5.3	−6.9
Turnout			125,339	75.3	+5.4
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Afzal H.Khan	42,349	43.2	+20.1
	AL	Promode Mankin	30,410	31.0	−5.6
	JP(E)	Md. Emdadul Haque	22,259	22.7	−3.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Hafizur Rahman	2,015	2.1	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Abu Sayed	629	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abdus Samad Miah	333	0.3	+0.2
	NAP	Md. Dewan Sirajul Islam Sarnali	125	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,939	12.2	+1.7
Turnout			98,120	69.9	+17.8
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-1 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	27,191	36.6
	JP(E)	Md. Emdadul Haq	19,390	26.1
	BNP	Tafazzal Hossain Khan	17,171	23.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Ali Azgar	9,878	13.3
	Zaker Party	A. Samad	689	0.9
Majority			7,801	10.5
Turnout			74,319	52.1
	AL gain from JP(E)

Notes

1. Some sources report a slightly higher 2016 vote count for Areng, 170,270.
2. The only sources that report on the third place finisher are internally inconsistent, but the discrepancies in their figures are not large enough to change the outcome.

References

1. "Mymensingh-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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-1". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "AL wins by-polls in Mymensingh". The Daily Star. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
11. "Maẏamanasinhēra duṭi upanirbācanē ā'ōẏāmī līga prārthī bijaẏī" ময়মনসিংহের দুটি উপনির্বাচনে আওয়ামী লীগ প্রার্থী বিজয়ী [Awami League candidate winners of Mymensingh by two by-polls]. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 19 July 2016.
12. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
13. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. "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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