Sunamganj-1
Sunamganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Moazzem Hossain Ratan of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Dharamapasha, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, and Madhyanagar upazilas.
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Moazzem Hossain Ratan | 88,981 | 73.2 | +14.9 | |
Independent | Syed Rafiqul Haque | 32,581 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 56,400 | 46.4 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 121,562 | 34.6 | −52.1 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Moazzem Hossain Ratan | 155,252 | 58.3 | +15.9 | ||
BNP | Rafiq Chowdhury | 94,458 | 35.5 | −21.4 | ||
Independent | Nozir Hossain | 16,716 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 60,794 | 22.8 | +8.2 | |||
Turnout | 266,426 | 86.7 | +10.5 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Nozir Hossain | 128,448 | 56.9 | +16.0 | ||
AL | Suranjit Sen Gupta | 95,574 | 42.4 | +0.6 | ||
IJOF | Md. Ali Hossain | 1,224 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja | 329 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 32,874 | 14.6 | +13.7 | |||
Turnout | 225,575 | 76.2 | +3.0 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Syed Rafiqul Haque | 68,787 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
BNP | Nozir Hossain | 67,312 | 40.9 | +23.0 | ||
JP(E) | Ali Amzad | 16,668 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Muslem Uddin | 6,345 | 3.9 | −3.1 | ||
Gano Forum | Md. Mosharof Hossain | 4,154 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Jainal Abedin | 710 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
WPB | Tarek-Al-Moin | 438 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,475 | 0.9 | −10.8 | |||
Turnout | 164,414 | 73.2 | +25.3 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPB | Nozir Hussain | 44,117 | 36.9 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Ali Amzad | 30,187 | 25.3 | ||
BNP | Muktar Hossain | 21,391 | 17.9 | ||
Independent | Shahjahan | 13,224 | 11.1 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Muslem Uddin | 8,371 | 7.0 | ||
Independent | Syed Rafiqul Haque | 1,150 | 1.0 | ||
Independent | A. Nur Akhonjit | 961 | 0.8 | ||
NDP | Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja | 132 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 13,930 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 119,533 | 47.9 | |||
CPB gain from |
References
- ^ "Sunamganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "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). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ "Sunamganj-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 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.
- ^ "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
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