Sunamganj-1

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Sunamganj-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Sunamganj District
Division Sylhet Division
Electorate399,359 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1984
Party Awami League
Member(s) Moazzem Hossain Ratan

Sunamganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Moazzem Hossain Ratan of the Awami League.

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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dharamapasha, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, and Madhyanagar upazilas. [2] [3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj. [4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Prasun Kalin Roy Communist Party [5]
1988 Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja [6]
1991 Nozir Hossain Communist Party
Feb 1996 Nozir Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
Jun 1996 Syed Rafiqul Haque Awami League
2001 Nozir Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Moazzem Hossain Ratan Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sunamganj-1 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Moazzem Hossain Ratan 88,98173.2+14.9
Independent Syed Rafiqul Haque 32,58126.8N/A
Majority 56,40046.4+23.6
Turnout 121,56234.6−52.1
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-1 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Moazzem Hossain Ratan 155,25258.3+15.9
BNP Rafiq Chowdhury94,45835.5−21.4
Independent Nozir Hossain 16,7166.3N/A
Majority 60,79422.8+8.2
Turnout 266,42686.7+10.5
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Sunamganj-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Nozir Hossain 128,44856.9+16.0
AL Suranjit Sen Gupta95,57442.4+0.6
IJOF Md. Ali Hossain1,2240.5N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja 3290.1N/A
Majority 32,87414.6+13.7
Turnout 225,57576.2+3.0
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Syed Rafiqul Haque 68,78741.8N/A
BNP Nozir Hossain 67,31240.9+23.0
JP(E) Ali Amzad16,66810.1N/A
JI Muslem Uddin6,3453.9−3.1
Gano Forum Md. Mosharof Hossain4,1542.5N/A
Zaker PartyJainal Abedin7100.4N/A
WPB Tarek-Al-Moin4380.3N/A
Majority 1,4750.9−10.8
Turnout 164,41473.2+25.3
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Sunamganj-1 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPB Nozir Hussain 44,11736.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Ali Amzad30,18725.3
BNP Muktar Hossain21,39117.9
Independent Shahjahan13,22411.1
JI Muslem Uddin8,3717.0
Independent Syed Rafiqul Haque 1,1501.0
Independent A. Nur Akhonjit9610.8
NDP Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja 1320.1
Majority 13,93011.7
Turnout 119,53347.9
CPB gain from

References

  1. "Sunamganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (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). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. "Sunamganj-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  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. 1 2 3 "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.

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