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.

Sunamganj-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictSunamganj District
DivisionSylhet Division
Electorate399,359 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Moazzem Hossain Ratan

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dharamapasha, Jamalganj, and Tahirpur upazilas.[2][3]

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.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Prasun Kalin Roy Jatiya Party[5]
1988 Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja [6]
1991 Nozir Hossain Communist Party of Bangladesh
Feb 1996 Nozir Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Jun 1996 Syed Rafiqul Haque Awami League
2001 Nozir Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Moazzem Hossain Ratan Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Sunamganj-1[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Sunamganj-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Moazzem Hossain Raton 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
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Sunamganj-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Nozir Hossain 128,448 56.9 +16.0
Awami League 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 Awami League

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League 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
Workers Party Tarek-Al-Moin 438 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,475 0.9 -10.8
Turnout 164,414 73.2 +25.3
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Sunamganj-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPB Nozir Hussain 44,117 36.9
JSD (R) 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 N/A
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References
  1. "Sunamganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "District Statistics 2011: Sylhet" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. "Sunamganj-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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.


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