Shariatpur-1

Shariatpur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Shariatpur District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	296,018 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Iqbal Hossain Apu
Created from	Faridpur-14

Shariatpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Iqbal Hossain Apu of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shariatpur Sadar and Zanjira upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-14 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sardar AKM Nasiruddin	Independent [5] [6]
	1991	K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga	Awami League
	Sep 1996 by-election	Master Majibur Rahman	Awami League
	2001	K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga	Independent
	2008	B. M. Muzammel Haque	Awami League
	2018	Iqbal Hossain Apu	Awami League [1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

B. M. Muzammel Haque was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Shariatpur-1 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	B. M. Muzammel Haque	117,386	64.1	+19.1
	Independent	Mobarak Ali Sikdur	56,853	31.0	N/A
	BNP	Shahidul Haq Sikder	6,558	3.6	+3.2
	Zaker Party	Molla Gias Uddin Ahammed	2,467	1.3	N/A
Majority			60,533	33.0	+23.9
Turnout			183,264	84.8	+15.6
	AL gain from Independent

General Election 2001: Shariatpur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga	98,480	54.1
	AL	Mobarak Ali Sikder	81,930	45.0
	BNP	Altaf Hossain Sikder	779	0.4
	Independent	Md. Fazlul Haq Akand	258	0.1
	IJOF	Md. Jafar Khan	218	0.1
	Independent	A. Sattar	129	0.1
	Independent	Tanai Molla	81	0.0
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Md. Anowar Hossain Aburi	67	0.0
	JSD	Atahar Hawlader	61	0.0
Majority			16,550	9.1
Turnout			182,003	69.2
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Abdur Razzak stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election, and won both of them: Shariatpur-1 and Shariatpur-3. He chose to represent Shariatpur-3 and quit Shariatpur-1, triggering a by-election. Master Majibur Rahman, of the Awami League, was elected in a September 1996 by-election. ^{[11] [12]}

General Election June 1996: Shariatpur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Razzaq	68,937	53.0	+5.2
	BNP	Md. Amzad Hossain	32,266	24.8	−0.3
	Independent	Tanai Molla	17,764	13.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Saiful Alam Khan	4,953	3.8	−4.2
	IOJ	Md. Sirajul Haque Akon	2,927	2.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Siddiqur Rahman	1,660	1.3	+0.3
	JP(E)	Gias Uddin	938	0.7	N/A
	Independent	S.M. Shah Alam Salim	197	0.2	N/A
	Social Democratic Party	A. Aziz Bepari	181	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abdur Rahman Madbar	166	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Samsul Haque Bepari	120	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Altab Hossain Sikdar	85	0.1	N/A
Majority			36,671	28.2	+5.6
Turnout			130,194	73.7	+25.9
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Shariatpur-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	K.M. Hemayet Ullah Auranga [13]	54,953	47.8
	BNP	Sardar AKM Nasiruddin	28,895	25.1
	BAKSAL	Md. Mojibor Rahman	18,754	16.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Khalilur Rahman	9,225	8.0
	Zaker Party	Gias Uddin Molla	1,133	1.0
	BKA	Alauddin	904	0.8
	Independent	Nur Mohammad Kotoal	352	0.3
	Independent	Md. Samsul Haque Bepari	349	0.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	A. Aziz Hawladar	258	0.2
	Independent	Amzad Hossein Morol	235	0.2
Majority			26,058	22.6
Turnout			115,058	47.8
	AL gain from Independent

References

1. "Shariatpur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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. জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 167. ISBN   0-7546-1628-2.
12. "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
13. "Auranga killed in road crash". The Daily Star. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

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

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