Noakhali-1

Noakhali-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Noakhali District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	347,671 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Feni-3 (Constituency 267)
Next Constituency	Noakhali-2 (Constituency 269)

Noakhali-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has remained vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chatkhil Upazila and Sonaimuri Upazila but excluding these four union parishads of Sonaimuri Upazila: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, Bazra and Nateshwar.[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
	1973	A. B. M. Musa	Bangladesh Awami League[6]
	1979	Zafar Imam	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	1986	Moudud Ahmed	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1988 by-election	K. M. Hossain	Jatiya Party^[citation needed]
	1991	Zainul Abdin Farroque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	Feb 1996
	June 1996
	2001
	2008	Mahbub Uddin Khokon
	2014	H. M. Ibrahim	Bangladesh Awami League
	2018
	2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

H. M. Ibrahim was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]

Elections in the 2000s

Ganatantri Party candidate Nurul Islam died days before the 29 December 2008 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 12 January 2009.[11] H. M. Ibrahim, who had earlier withdrawn in favor of Nurul Islam, ran in his place as the Grand Alliance candidate.[12]

General Election 2008: Noakhali-1[2][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mahbub Uddin Khokon	105,380	54.8	−7.1
	AL	H. M. Ibrahim	80,658	41.9	+8.7
	IAB	Abdur Rahim	3,458	1.8	N/A
	BKA	Md. Ziaul Haq	725	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Golam Moula	531	0.3	N/A
	KSJL	Md. Amin Ulla	460	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Mahbubur Rahman	386	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Khandaker Ruhul Amin	320	0.2	N/A
	National People's Party	Md. Mosarraf Hossain	221	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Mohammed Harun Rashid	161	0.1	−0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Deen Mohammad Buiyan	50	0.0	N/A
Majority			24,722	12.9	−15.8
Turnout			192,350	77.7	+14.6
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Noakhali-1[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Zainul Abdin Farroque	57,555	61.9	+15.6
	AL	Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury	30,876	33.2	+10.3
	IJOF	Shibu Prasad Chandra	3,897	4.2	N/A
	JSD	Md. Tajul Islam	506	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	S. M. A. Wahab	177	0.2	N/A
Majority			26,679	28.7	+5.3
Turnout			93,011	63.1	−3.1
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Noakhali-1[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Zainul Abdin Farroque	31,187	46.3	+14.3
	AL	Md. V. P. Mostofa	15,440	22.9	+2.9
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	15,181	22.5	−6.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abu Shakher Md. Zakaria	4,682	6.9	N/A
	Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist)	Mohi Uddin	311	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Nasir Uddin	277	0.4	+0.1
	Islami Shasantantra Andolon	Mohammad Mohsin	184	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Master Nur Islam	115	0.2	N/A
Majority			15,747	23.4	+20.5
Turnout			67,377	66.2	+33.0
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Noakhali-1[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Zainul Abdin Farroque	21,418	32.0
	JP(E)	Moudud Ahmed	19,508	29.1
	AL	Rafiq Uddin Ahmad	13,395	20.0
	Independent	Zafar Ahmed	9,058	13.5
	BKA	Nurullah Kashemi	1,360	2.0
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Osman Gani	1,114	1.7
	JSD	Kazi Md. Solaiman	327	0.5
	Independent	Md. Mostafa Bhuiyan	215	0.3
	Zaker Party	Abu Lais Ansary	173	0.3
	Bangladesh Inqualab Party	Ruhul Aamin Chowdhury	129	0.2
	FP	Md. Abduj Jaher Chowdhury	89	0.1
	NAP (Bhashani)	Abdul Motaleb	61	0.1
	Independent	Md. Khalilur Rahman Majumdar	57	0.1
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf)	M. N. Taher Khan	48	0.1
	Independent	M. A. Bari	48	0.1
Majority			1,910	2.9
Turnout			67,000	33.2
	BNP gain from AL

References

1. "Noakhali-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. 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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
11. "BNP's Mahbub wins Noakhali-1". bdnews24.com. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
12. "SC validates AL nominee's candidature". The Daily Star. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
13. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
15. "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

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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