Sylhet-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Sylhet District |
Division | Sylhet Division |
Electorate | 5,44,244 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | AK Abdul Momen |
Sylhet-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by AK Abdul Momen of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Sylhet City Corporation and Sylhet Sadar Upazila. [2] [3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. [4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Bangladesh Awami League | AK Abdul Momen | 2,98,696 | N/A | ||
BNP | Abdul Moqtadir | 1,23,851 | N/A | ||
IAB | Md Redwanul Haque Chowdhury | 2,024 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,24,571 | ||||
Bangladesh Awami League hold | |||||
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Abul Maal Abdul Muhith | 178,636 | 55.5 | +17.5 | ||
BNP | Saifur Rahman | 140,367 | 43.6 | -9.9 | ||
BKA | Nassir Uddin | 822 | 0.3 | -0.1 | ||
BSD | Ujjal Roy | 660 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
BIF | Md. Jalaluddin | 605 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Md. Kahir Mahmood | 495 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Md. Shafique | 270 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 38,269 | 11.9 | -3.6 | |||
Turnout | 321,855 | 76.0 | +8.1 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Saifur Rahman | 133,827 | 53.5 | +21.3 | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Abul Mal Abdul Muhit | 95,089 | 38.0 | +5.4 | ||
IJOF | A. Mukit Khan | 17,090 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Chaifur Rahman | 1,246 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Liberal Party Bangladesh | M. Kutub Uddin Ahmad | 1,159 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
BKA | Md. Nasir Uddin | 556 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) | Md. Humayun Khan | 403 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Ismail Ali | 298 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Nurul Islam Khan | 197 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | Mostafa Allama | 190 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
JSD | Siddiqur Rahman | 186 | 0.1 | -0.4 | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Eftekhar Ahmad Limon | 83 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 38,738 | 15.5 | +15.1 | |||
Turnout | 250,324 | 67.9 | +1.3 | |||
BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Humayun Rashid Chowdhury | 59,710 | 32.6 | +2.3 | ||
BNP | Saifur Rahman | 58,990 | 32.2 | +0.5 | ||
JP(E) | Babrul Hossain Babul | 40,175 | 21.9 | N/A | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Shafiqur Rahman | 18,029 | 9.8 | -5.2 | ||
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | Rezaul Karim Kashemi | 1,293 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
JSD (R) | Mohammad Shafiq | 1,122 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
JSD | Shamima Akhtar | 1,005 | 0.5 | -6.2 | ||
IOJ | Abdur Rakib | 785 | 0.4 | -6.2 | ||
Independent | Md. Habibur Rahman Moin | 459 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | M. A. Karim | 337 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||
Independent | Ruhela Hussain Rina | 327 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostofa Allama) | Mostofa Allama | 276 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Independent | Md. Masuk Murad | 248 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Islamic Dal Bangladesh (Saifur) | Md. Soyfur Rahman | 221 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
BKA | Nasir Uddin | 159 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam) | Md. Abdul Matin Chowdhury | 144 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 720 | 0.4 | -1.0 | |||
Turnout | 183,280 | 66.6 | +26.3 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Khandaker Abdul Malik | 37,090 | 31.7 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League | Iftekhar Hossain Shamim | 35,470 | 30.3 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Shafiqur Rahman | 17,517 | 15.0 | |||
JSD | Sadar Uddin Ahmad | 7,865 | 6.7 | |||
IOJ | Md. Masud Khan | 7,736 | 6.6 | |||
Independent | Md. Nausheran Chowdhury | 7,224 | 6.2 | |||
Jatiya Janata Party (Aashraf) | Shafikur Rahman | 2,048 | 1.7 | |||
Islami Samajtantrik Dal | Liaqat Ali Khan | 867 | 0.7 | |||
Zaker Party | Md. Abdul Karim | 449 | 0.4 | |||
Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party | A. Rakib | 445 | 0.4 | |||
Bangladesh Islamic Biplobi Parishad | Sheikh Md. Obaidullah Bin Sayeed Jalalabadi | 202 | 0.2 | |||
CPB | Md. Abdul Malek | 141 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 1,620 | 1.4 | ||||
Turnout | 117,054 | 40.3 | ||||
BNP gain from Independent | ||||||
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Coordinates: 24°53′N91°52′E / 24.89°N 91.87°E