Kishoreganj-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
| Kishoreganj-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Kishoreganj District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 430,193 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Member of Parliament | Mazharul Islam |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas.[2][3]
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.[4]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League[5] | |
| 1988 | Bazlul Karim Falu | Jatiya Party[6] | |
| 1991 | ABM Zahidul Haq | BNP | |
| 1996 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League | |
| 1999 by-election | Alauddin Ahammad | Jatiya Party (Manju) | |
| 2001 | Edris Ali Bhuyian | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
| 2008 | Sayed Ashraful Islam | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 2019 by-election | Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi[7] | Bangladesh Awami League | |
| 2026 | Mazharul Islam | BNP | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Sayed Ashraful Islam | 172,065 | 62.2 | +13.4 | |
| BNP | Md. Masud Hilali | 100,080 | 36.2 | −12.5 | |
| CPB | AKM Abu Raihan | 3,526 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| BSD | Bikram Basudev Basak | 751 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| KSJL | Faruk Ahmad Siddique | 200 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 71,985 | 26.0 | +25.9 | ||
| Turnout | 276,622 | 84.2 | +10.0 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan | 86,509 | 48.7 | ||
| Jatiya Party (M) | Alauddin Ahammad | 86,294 | 48.8 | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 198 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 114 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 177,553 | 74.2 | |||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999.[12] Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | 58,233 | 43.0 | +6.8 | ||
| BNP | Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan | 38,216 | 28.2 | −12.7 | ||
| JP(E) | Md. Sohrab Uddin | 29,848 | 22.1 | +8.5 | ||
| Jamaat | Nurul Haque | 5,556 | 4.1 | −2.2 | ||
| Independent | ABM Zahidul Haq | 2,542 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | A. K. M. Fazlul Haque | 363 | 0.3 | −0.2 | ||
| Gano Forum | Md. Shafiur Rahman Khan | 275 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 255 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 20,017 | 14.8 | +10.1 | |||
| Turnout | 135,288 | 72.1 | +24.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | ABM Zahidul Haq | 41,010 | 40.9 | |||
| AL | AKM Shamsul Haque | 36,256 | 36.2 | |||
| JP(E) | Md. Sohrab Uddin | 13,661 | 13.6 | |||
| Jamaat | Md. Tyabuzzaman | 6,282 | 6.3 | |||
| Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) | A. K. M. Shahjahan | 1,635 | 1.6 | |||
| Zaker Party | Md. Mujibur Rahman | 459 | 0.5 | |||
| Jatiya Oikkya Front | Md. Baki | 336 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Md. Jalal Uddin Faruk | 314 | 0.3 | |||
| Independent | Md. Fazlur Rahman Reza | 178 | 0.2 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. A. Momen | 128 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 4,754 | 4.7 | ||||
| Turnout | 100,259 | 47.7 | ||||
| BNP gain from | ||||||
