Habiganj-1

Habiganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Habiganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Habiganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	365,018 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant
Created from	Sylhet-8

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bahubal and Nabiganj upazilas.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[5] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1979	Dewan Mahbubur Rob Sadi Chaudhuri	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[7]
	1986	Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury	Awami League[8]
	1988	Abdul Moshabbir	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal[9]
	1991	Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	Feb 1996	Sheikh Sujat Mia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[10]
	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[1]
	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.^[11]

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.^[12]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Habiganj-1^[2][13][14]

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^[15]

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^[15]

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^[15]

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

References

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5. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
6. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
7. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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11. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
12. "BNP bags one of 2 AL seats in JS". The Daily Star. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 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 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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