Sherpur-1

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Sherpur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Sherpur District
Division Mymensingh Division
Electorate423,664 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1984

Sherpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sherpur Sadar Upazila. [1] [2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Shah Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury Jatiya Party [4] [5]
Feb 1996 Nazrul Islam BNP
Jun 1996 Atiur Rahman Atik Awami League
2024 Chanuar Hossain Chanu Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sherpur-1 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Atiur Rahman Atik 207,37797.0+42.0
JSD Abu Saleh Manirul Islam6,4173.0N/A
Majority 200,96094.0+83.5
Turnout 213,79467.5−19.1
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sherpur-1 [1] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Atiur Rahman Atik 136,12755.0+11.5
JI Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 110,07044.4+11.3
KSJL Md. Shofiullah5140.2−0.1
BTF Kazi Azharul Islam3770.2N/A
Bangladesh Kalyan PartyMd. Tafazzal Hossain Akanda3320.1N/A
Independent Afil Shakh2940.1N/A
Majority 26,05710.5+0.1
Turnout 247,71486.6+15.2
AL hold
General Election 2001: Sherpur-1 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Atiur Rahman Atik 86,10143.5+5.5
JI Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 65,49033.1+17.2
Jatiya Party (M) Shah Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury 23,00211.6N/A
IJOF Md. Elias Uddin22,72311.5N/A
KSJL Md. Samedul Haq Khan5170.3N/A
Majority 20,61110.4−1.3
Turnout 197,83371.4+4.5
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sherpur-1 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Atiur Rahman Atik 51,78738.0+17.4
JP(E) Rowshan Ershad 35,85126.3−1.0
JI Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 21,71815.9−0.5
BNP Nazrul Islam21,40415.7−3.0
Zaker PartyMd. Ruhul Kuddus5,0193.7+1.6
BKA Md. Matiur Rahman2720.2N/A
FP Md. Jubaidul Islam1870.1N/A
Majority 15,93611.7+5.0
Turnout 136,23866.9+16.9
AL gain from JP(E)
General Election 1991: Sherpur-1 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP(E) Shah Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury 31,10827.3
AL Md. A. Samad23,51920.6
BNP Nazrul Islam21,29218.7
JI Muhammad Kamaruzzaman 18,70916.4
Independent Nizam Uddin Ahmed15,56213.7
Zaker PartyFazlul Kader Lutu2,4092.1
JSD Md. Saiful Islam4920.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Sekandar Ali4570.4
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)Md. A. Kuddus3930.3
Majority 7,5896.7
Turnout 113,94150.0
JP(E) hold

References

  1. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "Sherpur-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. 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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