Narail-1

Narail-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Narail District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	238,174 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 92 Magura-2 94 Narail-2 →

Narail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Kabirul Haque Mukti of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kalia Upazila and five union parishads of Narail Sadar Upazila: Bhadrabila, Bichhali, Kalora, Shaikhati, and Singasolpur. ^{[2] [3]}

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	SM Abu Sayeed	Jatiya Party [5] [6]
	1991	Dhirendra Nath Saha	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Monirul Islam Tipu	BNP [7]
	Jun 1996	Dhirendra Nath Saha	Awami League
	Jan 2002 by-election		BNP
	2008	Kabirul Haque Mukti	Independent
	2014		Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Kabirul Haque Mukti was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[8]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Narail-1 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kabirul Haque Mukti	63,826	39.5	N/A
	BNP	Biswas Jahangir Alam	50,777	31.4	−42.6
	AL	Bimal Biswas	43,295	26.8	N/A
	IAB	Md. Ayub Hossain Mina	3,822	2.4	N/A
	Independent	Dhirendra Nath Shah	63	0.0	N/A
Majority			13,049	8.1	−41.0
Turnout			161,783	88.4	+41.8
	Independent gain from BNP

Sheikh Hasina stood for five seats in the October 2001 general election: Rangpur-6, Narail-1, Narail-2, Barguna-3, and Gopalganj-3. After winning all but Rangpur-6, she chose to represent Gopalganj-3 and quit the other three, triggering by-elections in them. ^[11] Dhirendra Nath Shah of the BNP was elected in a January 2002 by-election. ^[12]

Narail-1 by-election, January 2002 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Dhirendra Nath Shah	63,896	74.0	+19.4
	AL	M. Azizul Haque	21,530	24.9	−29.7
	JP(E)	AKM Quamruzzaman	917	1.1	N/A
Majority			42,366	49.1	+37.4
Turnout			86,343	46.6	−27.1
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 2001: Narail-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sheikh Hasina	78,216	54.6	+8.5
	BNP	Dhirendra Nath Saha	61,413	42.9	+18.6
	IJOF	Sharif Munir Hossain	2,741	1.9	N/A
	WPB	Md. Nazrul Islam	401	0.3	N/A
	BKA	A. Quddus Sheikh	237	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Lutfar Rahman Sarder	78	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Ishtiaq Hossain Shikder	38	0.0	N/A
Majority			16,803	11.7	−10.1
Turnout			143,124	76.2	+1.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Narail-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Dhirendra Nath Saha	51,167	46.1	+0.2
	BNP	Biswash Jahangir Alam	26,948	24.3	−0.6
	JP(E)	Gazi Asraf Ul Alam	18,622	16.8	+16.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	M. H. Bahauddin	7,389	6.7	+0.9
	IOJ	Siraj Khan	5,094	4.6	+0.1
	JSD	Sharif Nurul Ambia	1,228	1.1	−0.4
	Gano Forum	Tariqul Islam	394	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Munshi Ruhul Kuddus	141	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Md. Ashiqul Alam	41	0.0	N/A
Majority			24,219	21.8	+0.8
Turnout			111,024	74.7	+19.5
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Narail-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Dhirendra Nath Saha	47,158	45.9
	BNP	Gautam Mitra	25,604	24.9
	Independent	Gazi Asraf Ul Alam	13,533	13.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	S. Md. Faruk Ahmmad	5,913	5.8
	IOJ	Maulana Shahadat	4,664	4.5
	Independent	Shahdat	2,398	2.3
	JSD	Sharif Nurul Ambia	1,503	1.5
	JP(E)	SM Abu Sayeed	824	0.8
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Gobinda	384	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Zamir Hossain	382	0.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Delwar Hossain	213	0.2
	Independent	Tofiqur Rahman	182	0.2
Majority			21,554	21.0
Turnout			102,758	55.2
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Narail-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. "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad . Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
11. "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 24–25, 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
12. "Statistical Report: 8th Parliament Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. pp. 358, 367. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
13. "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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