Magura-1
Appearance
Magura-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Magura District |
Division | Khulna Division |
Electorate | 400,485 (2024) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Magura-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila, Magura Municipality, and nine union parishads of Magura Sadar Upazila: Atharakhada, Bagia, Chaulia, Hazrapur, Jagdal, Kasundi, Maghi, and Raghab Dair.[1][2]
History
[edit]The constituency was created in 1984 from the Jessore-12 constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.[3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1986 | M. A. Matin | Jatiya Party[4][5] | |
1991 | Majid-ul-Haq | BNP | |
1996 | Muhammad Serajul Akbar | Awami League[6][7] | |
2015 by-election | ATM Abdul Wahab | ||
2018 | Saifuzzaman Shikhor | ||
2024 | Shakib Al Hasan |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Muhammad Serajul Akbar died in March 2015. ATM Abdul Wahab of the Awami League was elected in a May 2015 by-election.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | ATM Abdul Wahab | 93,181 | 86.6 | +32.0 | |
Independent | Tapan Kumar Singha | 12,790 | 11.9 | N/A | |
National People's Party | Quazi Tauhidul Alam | 902 | 0.8 | N/A | |
BNF | AKM Mutasim Billah | 709 | 0.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 80,391 | 74.7 | +65.4 | ||
Turnout | 107,582 | 33.2 | −0.2 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Muhammad Serajul Akbar | 56,051 | 54.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Tapon Kumar Singho | 46,474 | 45.3 | N/A | |
BNF | AKM Mutasim Billah | 48 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,577 | 9.3 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 102,573 | 33.4 | −57.7 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Muhammad Serajul Akbar | 135,596 | 54.0 | +7.7 | |
BNP | Iqbal Akhter Khan | 109,835 | 43.7 | +2.6 | |
IAB | Moin Uddin Ahmmed | 5,198 | 2.1 | N/A | |
LDP | A. N. Kamal Uddin Mustafa | 577 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,761 | 10.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 251,206 | 91.1 | +7.1 | ||
AL hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Muhammad Serajul Akbar | 97,542 | 46.3 | +1.8 | |
BNP | Nitai Roy Chowdhury | 86,468 | 41.1 | +21.4 | |
IJOF | Hasan Siraj Suja | 22,569 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Majid-ul-Haq | 3,177 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Gano Forum | Muhammad Mizanur Rahman | 525 | 0.3 | N/A | |
WPB | Kazi Nazrul Islam | 236 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,074 | 5.3 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 210,517 | 84.0 | +0.5 | ||
AL hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Muhammad Serajul Akbar | 73,543 | 44.5 | +6.1 | ||
JP(E) | Iqbal Akhter Khan | 49,594 | 30.0 | +28.4 | ||
BNP | Majid-ul-Haq | 32,621 | 19.7 | −26.6 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Liakat Ali Khan | 5,706 | 3.5 | −1.1 | ||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | M. A. Awal | 1,343 | 0.8 | +0.7 | ||
NAP (Bhashani) | Md. Amzad Hossain | 836 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Abul Hasem Moulana | 484 | 0.3 | −4.6 | ||
Jatiya Seba Dal | Md. Fazlul Hoque | 365 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
IOJ | Md. Shahidul Islam | 303 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
JSD | Birendra Nath Mazumder | 298 | 0.2 | 0.0 | ||
Independent | Md. Mijanur Rahman | 105 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 23,949 | 14.5 | +6.6 | |||
Turnout | 165,198 | 83.5 | +10.9 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Majid-ul-Haq | 69,728 | 46.3 | |||
AL | Altaf Hossain | 57,795 | 38.4 | |||
Zaker Party | A. Haq | 7,659 | 5.1 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Abdul Matin | 6,892 | 4.6 | |||
BAKSAL | Roy Ramesh Chandra | 2,423 | 1.6 | |||
IOJ | Amjad Hossain | 2,421 | 1.6 | |||
JP(E) | Munshi Faizul Kabir | 2,356 | 1.6 | |||
Independent | Hasan Rakib | 775 | 0.5 | |||
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mamudur Rahman | 255 | 0.2 | |||
JSD | T. M. Mohabbat Ali | 149 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 11,933 | 7.9 | ||||
Turnout | 150,453 | 72.6 | ||||
BNP gain from JP(E) |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (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.
- ^ "Magura-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan elected from Magura-1". The Business Standard. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ^ a b "AL-backed Wahab sweeps Magura-1 by-polls". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "By-election to Magura-1 today". The Daily Star. UNB. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Magura-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. 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.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links
[edit]- "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.
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