Mymensingh-8
Mymensingh-8 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Mymensingh District |
Division | Mymensingh Division |
Electorate | 271,196 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Member(s) | Fakhrul Imam |
Mymensingh-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Fakhrul Imam of the Jatiya Party (Ershad).
Boundaries[]
The constituency encompasses Ishwarganj Upazila.[2][3]
History[]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Md. Abdul Halim | Awami League[4] | |
1979 | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
1986 | Hashim Uddin Ahmed | Jatiya Party[6] | |
1988 | Fakhrul Imam | Jatiya Party[7] | |
1991 | Khurram Khan Chowdhury | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
February 1996 | Zainul Abedin | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] | |
June 1996 | Md. Abdus Sattar | Awami League | |
2001 | Shah Nurul Kabir | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Md. Abdus Sattar | Awami League | |
2014 | Fakhrul Imam | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
2018 | Fakhrul Imam | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Fakhrul Imam was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Abdus Sattar | 121,163 | 68.0 | +32.7 | ||
BNP | Shah Nurul Kabir | 57,041 | 32.0 | -10.8 | ||
Majority | 64,122 | 36.0 | +28.6 | |||
Turnout | 178,204 | 84.3 | +16.6 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Shah Nurul Kabir | 59,159 | 42.8 | +22.9 | ||
Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Abdus Sattar | 48,885 | 35.3 | -1.9 | ||
Independent | Shoumendra Kishor Chowdhury | 23,813 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
IJOF | S. M. Iqbal | 6,065 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Independent | Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan | 403 | 0.3 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 10,274 | 7.4 | +6.2 | |||
Turnout | 138,325 | 67.7 | +10.0 | |||
BNP gain from Bangladesh Awami League |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Bangladesh Awami League | Md. Abdus Sattar | 34,029 | 37.2 | N/A | ||
JP(E) | Rowshan Ershad | 32,908 | 36.0 | +11.3 | ||
BNP | Khurram Khan Chowdhury | 18,190 | 19.9 | -0.6 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | A. K. M. Wali Ullah | 5,438 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Harun Or Rashid | 398 | 0.4 | -0.4 | ||
Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan | Mustafa Anowarul Haque Khan | 204 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
FP | Md. Abdul Gafur | 154 | 0.2 | -1.3 | ||
Independent | Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan | 113 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,121 | 1.2 | -3.0 | |||
Turnout | 91,434 | 57.7 | +12.7 | |||
Bangladesh Awami League gain from JP(E) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP(E) | Khurram Khan Chowdhury | 18,209 | 24.7 | ||
BNP | Golam Nabi | 15,095 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | Md. Akhter Hossain Vuiyan | 13,992 | 19.0 | ||
Ganatantri Party | A. H. M. Khalequzzaman | 13,340 | 18.1 | ||
Independent | Md. Reza-e-Karim | 9,453 | 12.8 | ||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Md. Siraj Uddin | 1,404 | 1.9 | ||
FP | Md. Abdul Gafur | 1,117 | 1.5 | ||
Zaker Party | Harun Or Rashid | 571 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | Jainul Abedin | 267 | 0.4 | ||
JSD (R) | Md. Saidur Rahman Vuiyan | 193 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Anwarul Kadir | 143 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 3,114 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 73,784 | 45.0 | |||
JP(E) hold |
References[]
- ^ "Mymensingh-8". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-8". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Nat'l election: Number of unopposed winners now 154". The Bangladesh Chronicle. UNB. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "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.
External links[]
Coordinates: 24°41′N 90°36′E / 24.69°N 90.60°E
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
- Mymensingh District
- Bangladesh geography stubs