Mymensingh-1

Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mahmudul Haque Saeam.

Mymensingh-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	377,296 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 145 Sherpur-3 147 Mymensingh-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Haluaghat Upazila and Dhobaura Upazila.^[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	Md. Delwar Hossain	Awami League[6]
	1979	Tafazzal Hossain Khan	BNP[7]
	1986	Md. Emdadul Haque	Jatiya Party[8][9]
	1991	Promode Mankin	Awami League
	1996	Afzal H. Khan	BNP
	2001	Promode Mankin	Awami League
	2016 by-election	Jewel Areng
	2024	Mahmudul Haque Sayem	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Promode Mankin died in May 2016. Jewel Areng, his son, was elected in a July by-election.^[10]

Mymensingh-1 by-election, 2016^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Jewel Areng[note 1]	170,234	91.6	+31.5
	Independent	Selima Khatun	14,338	7.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Sohrab Uddin Khan[note 2]	1,586	0.9	N/A
Majority			155,846	83.8	+62.1
Turnout			185,896	51.3	−44.3
	AL hold

Promode Mankin was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[12]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	142,981	60.1	+21.9
	BNP	Afzal H. Khan	91,345	38.4	+5.5
	IAB	Md. Ali Akbar	3,487	1.5	N/A
Majority			51,636	21.7	+16.4
Turnout			237,813	95.6	+20.3
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	47,873	38.2	+7.2
	BNP	Afzal H. Khan	41,280	32.9	+1.9
	IJOF	Ali Azgar	35,770	28.5	N/A
	Independent	Md. Habibur Rahman	416	0.3	N/A
Majority			6,593	5.3	−6.9
Turnout			125,339	75.3	+5.4
	AL gain from BNP

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Afzal H.Khan	42,349	43.2	+20.1
	AL	Promode Mankin	30,410	31.0	−5.6
	JP(E)	Md. Emdadul Haque	22,259	22.7	−3.4
	JI	Md. Hafizur Rahman	2,015	2.1	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Abu Sayed	629	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abdus Samad Miah	333	0.3	+0.2
	NAP	Md. Dewan Sirajul Islam Sarnali	125	0.1	N/A
Majority			11,939	12.2	+1.7
Turnout			98,120	69.9	+17.8
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Promode Mankin	27,191	36.6
	JP(E)	Md. Emdadul Haq	19,390	26.1
	BNP	Tafazzal Hossain Khan	17,171	23.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Ali Azgar	9,878	13.3
	Zaker Party	A. Samad	689	0.9
Majority			7,801	10.5
Turnout			74,319	52.1
	AL gain from JP(E)

Notes

1. Some sources report a slightly higher 2016 vote count for Areng, 170,270.
2. The only sources that report on the third place finisher are internally inconsistent, but the discrepancies in their figures are not large enough to change the outcome.