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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Habiganj-1

Habiganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bahubal and Nabiganj upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-8 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1979 Dewan Mahbubur Rob Sadi Chaudhuri Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
1986 Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury Awami League
1988 Abdul Moshabbir Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
1991 Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Feb 1996 Sheikh Sujat Mia Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 Dewan Farid Gazi Awami League
2011 by-election Sheikh Sujat Mia Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 Abdul Munim Chowdhury Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2018 Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz Awami League
2024 Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abdul Munim Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Dewan Farid Gazi died in November 2010. Sheikh Sujat Mia of the BNP was elected in a January 2011 by-election, defeating Awami League candidate Mushfiq Hussain Chowdhury and Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Abdul Munim Chowdhury.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Habiganj-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dewan Farid Gazi 152,080 64.0 +23.9
BNP Sheikh Sujat Mia 79,488 33.5 −2.0
Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish Nezam Uddin 4,106 1.7 N/A
BSD Md. Junayed Miah 1,157 0.5 N/A
Gano Forum Dewan Sayed Mohammad Abdul Ahad Chowdhury 719 0.3 N/A
Majority 72,592 30.6 +26.0
Turnout 237,550 83.3 +12.5
AL hold
General Election 2001: Habiganj-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dewan Farid Gazi 74,693 40.1 +1.8
BNP Sheikh Sujat Mia 66,137 35.5 +15.8
IJOF Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 43,453 23.3 N/A
Independent Md. Yakub Ali 872 0.5 N/A
JSD Md. Sahid Mia 621 0.3 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Junaed Ahmed 470 0.3 N/A
Majority 8,556 4.6 −1.8
Turnout 186,246 70.8 +2.8
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Habiganj-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Dewan Farid Gazi 52,940 38.3 −0.8
JP(E) Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 44,113 31.9 −7.2
BNP Sheik Sujat Mia 27,248 19.7 +7.2
IOJ Nizam Uddin 7,670 5.5 N/A
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Golam Rahman Chowdhury 3,393 2.5 N/A
BIF Qari Lutfar Rahman Helal 862 0.6 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Sahid Mia 676 0.5 −1.8
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Faisal Soheb 666 0.5 −0.1
Independent Md. A. Samit 514 0.4 N/A
Gano Forum Md. Abdul Hannan 188 0.1 N/A
Majority 8,827 6.4 +3.6
Turnout 138,270 68.0 +22.6
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Habiganj-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 41,957 39.1
AL Farid Gazi 38,927 36.3
BNP Faruk Bakht Chowdhury 13,416 12.5
Independent Md. Abdul Aziz Chowdhury 8,975 8.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Abdul Mosabbir 2,520 2.3
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Faisal Soheb 649 0.6
Independent Khalilur Rahman 430 0.4
BNIP Rakib Uddin Chowdhury 288 0.3
Independent Md. Abdul Khaleq 154 0.1
Majority 3,030 2.8
Turnout 107,316 45.4
JP(E) gain from