Kishoreganj-1

Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election.^[2]

Kishoreganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kishoreganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	430,193 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 161 Netrokona-5 163 Kishoreganj-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas.^[3][4]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A. K. M. Shamsul Haque	Awami League[6]
	1988	Bazlul Karim Falu	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	ABM Zahidul Haq	BNP
	1996	A. K. M. Shamsul Haque	Awami League
	1999 by-election	Alauddin Ahammad
	2008	Sayed Ashraful Islam
	2019 by-election	Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi[8]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Kishoreganj-1^[3][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Sayed Ashraful Islam	172,065	62.2	+13.4
	BNP	Md. Masud Hilali	100,080	36.2	−12.5
	CPB	AKM Abu Raihan	3,526	1.3	N/A
	BSD	Bikram Basudev Basak	751	0.3	N/A
	KSJL	Faruk Ahmad Siddique	200	0.1	−0.1
Majority			71,985	26.0	+25.9
Turnout			276,622	84.2	+10.0
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Kishoreganj-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Alauddin Ahammad	86,623	48.8
	BNP	Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan	86,509	48.7
	IJOF	M. A. Syed Azad	3,808	2.1
	KSJL	Faruk Ahmad Siddique	415	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	A. K. M. Shahjahan	198	0.1
Majority			114	0.1
Turnout			177,553	74.2
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999.^[13] Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election.^[14]

General Election June 1996: Kishoreganj-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	A. K. M. Shamsul Haque	58,233	43.0	+6.8
	BNP	Md. Idris Ali Bhuiyan	38,216	28.2	−12.7
	JP(E)	Md. Sohrab Uddin	29,848	22.1	+8.5
	JI	Nurul Haque	5,556	4.1	−2.2
	Independent	ABM Zahidul Haq	2,542	1.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	A. K. M. Fazlul Haque	363	0.3	−0.2
	Gano Forum	Md. Shafiur Rahman Khan	275	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	A. K. M. Shahjahan	255	0.2	N/A
Majority			20,017	14.8	+10.1
Turnout			135,288	72.1	+24.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Kishoreganj-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	ABM Zahidul Haq	41,010	40.9
	AL	AKM Shamsul Haque	36,256	36.2
	JP(E)	Md. Sohrab Uddin	13,661	13.6
	JI	Md. Tyabuzzaman	6,282	6.3
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	A. K. M. Shahjahan	1,635	1.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Mujibur Rahman	459	0.5
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Md. Baki	336	0.3
	Independent	Md. Jalal Uddin Faruk	314	0.3
	Independent	Md. Fazlur Rahman Reza	178	0.2
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. A. Momen	128	0.1
Majority			4,754	4.7
Turnout			100,259	47.7
	BNP gain from