Mymensingh-1

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Mymensingh-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Mymensingh District
Division Mymensingh Division
Electorate377,296 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

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

Contents

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

ElectionMemberParty
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Jewel Areng [note 1] 170,23491.6+31.5
Independent Selima Khatun14,3387.7N/A
JP(E) Sohrab Uddin Khan [note 2] 1,5860.9N/A
Majority 155,84683.8+62.1
Turnout 185,89651.3−44.3
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Promode Mankin 142,98160.1+21.9
BNP Afzal H. Khan 91,34538.4+5.5
IAB Md. Ali Akbar3,4871.5N/A
Majority 51,63621.7+16.4
Turnout 237,81395.6+20.3
AL hold
General Election 2001: Mymensingh-1 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Promode Mankin 47,87338.2+7.2
BNP Afzal H. Khan 41,28032.9+1.9
IJOF Ali Azgar35,77028.5N/A
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman4160.3N/A
Majority 6,5935.3−6.9
Turnout 125,33975.3+5.4
AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-1 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Afzal H.Khan 42,34943.2+20.1
AL Promode Mankin 30,41031.0−5.6
JP(E) Md. Emdadul Haque 22,25922.7−3.4
JI Md. Hafizur Rahman2,0152.1N/A
IOJ Md. Abu Sayed6290.6N/A
Zaker PartyAbdus Samad Miah3330.3+0.2
NAP Md. Dewan Sirajul Islam Sarnali1250.1N/A
Majority 11,93912.2+1.7
Turnout 98,12069.9+17.8
BNP gain from AL
General Election 1991: Mymensingh-1 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Promode Mankin 27,19136.6
JP(E) Md. Emdadul Haq 19,39026.1
BNP Tafazzal Hossain Khan 17,17123.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Ali Azgar9,87813.3
Zaker PartyA. Samad6890.9
Majority 7,80110.5
Turnout 74,31952.1
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. 1 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. 1 2 "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. 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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