Mymensingh-9

Mymensingh-9
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	294,105 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Abdus Salam (general)

Mymensingh-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Major General (Rtd) Abdus Salam of the Awami League.

Boundaries

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kudratullah Mandal	Awami League [4]
	1979	Habib Ullah Sarkar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
	1986	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan	Awami League [6]
	1988	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	[7]
	1991	Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Zahurul Islam Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [8]
	June 1996	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2001	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2014	Anwarul Abedin Khan	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anwarul Abedin Khan was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Mymensingh-9 ^{[2] [10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdus Salam	127,309	68.0	+29.3
	BNP	Khurrum Khan Choudhury	56,843	30.4	-13.5
	BDB	Jahurul Islam Khan	2,573	1.4	N/A
	Independent	A. S. M. Akram	475	0.3	N/A
Majority			70,466	37.6	+32.4
Turnout			187,200	81.5	+16.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-9 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	65,992	43.9	+16.4
	AL	Abdus Salam	58,157	38.7	-0.5
	Independent	Md. Abdul Matin Bhuiya	18,553	12.3	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Abdul Hakim Bhuiya	7,018	4.7	N/A
	Independent	Kamrun Mohiuddin	410	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abubakar Siddiq	250	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,835	5.2	-5.9
Turnout			150,380	64.8	+5.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-9 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdus Salam	41,182	39.2	+4.4
	JP(E)	Md. Jaharul Islam Khan	29,522	28.1	+27.6
	BNP	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	28,923	27.5	-13.7
	IOJ	Saidur Rahman	1,814	1.7	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Sams Uddin Ahmed	1,786	1.7	-4.2
	Zaker Party	Md. Samsul Haque Tahakur	878	0.8	-0.6
	Gano Forum	A. S. M. Akram	659	0.6	N/A
	FP	Md. Alim Uddin	295	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,660	11.1	+4.7
Turnout			105,059	59.0	+17.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-9 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury	33,107	41.2
	AL	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan	27,981	34.8
	Independent	Nurul Karim	4,800	6.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Moazzem Hossain	4,715	5.9
	JSD	Gias Uddin	3,065	3.8
	Independent	Faruk Miah	2,053	2.6
	Bangladesh Janata Party	A. K. M. Mahbubul Karim	1,958	2.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Aminul Islam Vuiyan	1,103	1.4
	NDP	Md. Alim Uddin Fakir	564	0.7
	JP(E)	Abdur Rashid	422	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Nazim Uddin	365	0.5
	CPB	Shamsul Bari	256	0.3
Majority			5,126	6.4
Turnout			80,389	41.6
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Mymensingh-9". 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. Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-9". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
9. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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