Mymensingh-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
| Mymensingh-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
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| District | Mymensingh District |
| Division | Mymensingh Division |
| Electorate | 377,296 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Haluaghat Upazila and Dhobaura Upazila.[2][3]
History
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]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Kudrat Ullah Mondal | Awami League[6] | |
| 1973 | Kudrat Ullah Mondal | Awami League[7] | |
| 1979 | Tafazzal Hossain Khan | BNP[8] | |
| 1986 | Md. Emdadul Haque | Jatiya Party[9][10] | |
| 1991 | Promode Mankin | Awami League | |
| 1996 | Afzal H. Khan | BNP | |
| 2001 | Promode Mankin | Awami League | |
| 2016 by-election | Jewel Areng | ||
| 2024 | Mahmudul Haque Sayem | Independent | |
| 2026 | Salman Omar Rubel | Independent | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Promode Mankin died in May 2016. Jewel Areng, his son, was elected in a July by-election.[11]
Promode Mankin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[13]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Promode Mankin | 142,981 | 60.1 | +21.9 | |
| BNP | Afzal H. Khan | 91,345 | 38.4 | +5.5 | |
| IAB | Md. Ali Akbar | 3,487 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 51,636 | 21.7 | +16.4 | ||
| Turnout | 237,813 | 95.6 | +20.3 | ||
| AL hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Promode Mankin | 47,873 | 38.2 | +7.2 | ||
| BNP | Afzal H. Khan | 41,280 | 32.9 | +1.9 | ||
| IJOF | Ali Azgar | 35,770 | 28.5 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Md. Habibur Rahman | 416 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 6,593 | 5.3 | −6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 125,339 | 75.3 | +5.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Afzal H.Khan | 42,349 | 43.2 | +20.1 | ||
| AL | Promode Mankin | 30,410 | 31.0 | −5.6 | ||
| JP(E) | Md. Emdadul Haque | 22,259 | 22.7 | −3.4 | ||
| Jamaat | Md. Hafizur Rahman | 2,015 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
| IOJ | Md. Abu Sayed | 629 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Zaker Party | Abdus Samad Miah | 333 | 0.3 | +0.2 | ||
| NAP | Md. Dewan Sirajul Islam Sarnali | 125 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 11,939 | 12.2 | +1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 98,120 | 69.9 | +17.8 | |||
| BNP gain from AL | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Promode Mankin | 27,191 | 36.6 | |||
| JP(E) | Md. Emdadul Haq | 19,390 | 26.1 | |||
| BNP | Tafazzal Hossain Khan | 17,171 | 23.1 | |||
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Md. Ali Azgar | 9,878 | 13.3 | |||
| Zaker Party | A. Samad | 689 | 0.9 | |||
| Majority | 7,801 | 10.5 | ||||
| Turnout | 74,319 | 52.1 | ||||
| AL gain from JP(E) | ||||||
