Mymensingh-9

Mymensingh-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Major General (Rtd) Abdus Salam of the Awami League.

Mymensingh-9
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	294,105 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 153 Mymensingh-8 155 Mymensingh-10 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nandail Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kudratullah Mandal	Awami League[4]
	1979	Habib Ullah Sarkar	BNP[5]
	1986	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan	Awami League[6]
	1988	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury	BNP[8]
	Feb 1996	Zahurul Islam Khan
	Jun 1996	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2001	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	BNP
	2008	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2014	Anwarul Abedin Khan
	2024	Abdus Salam

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anwarul Abedin Khan 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: Mymensingh-9^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdus Salam	127,309	68.0	+29.3
	BNP	Khurrum Khan Choudhury	56,843	30.4	−13.5
	BDB	Jahurul Islam Khan	2,573	1.4	N/A
	Independent	A. S. M. Akram	475	0.3	N/A
Majority			70,466	37.6	+32.4
Turnout			187,200	81.5	+16.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	65,992	43.9	+16.4
	AL	Abdus Salam	58,157	38.7	−0.5
	Independent	Md. Abdul Matin Bhuiya	18,553	12.3	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Abdul Hakim Bhuiya	7,018	4.7	N/A
	Independent	Kamrun Mohiuddin	410	0.3	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abubakar Siddiq	250	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,835	5.2	−5.9
Turnout			150,380	64.8	+5.8
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdus Salam	41,182	39.2	+4.4
	JP(E)	Md. Jaharul Islam Khan	29,522	28.1	+27.6
	BNP	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	28,923	27.5	−13.7
	IOJ	Saidur Rahman	1,814	1.7	N/A
	JI	Sams Uddin Ahmed	1,786	1.7	−4.2
	Zaker Party	Md. Samsul Haque Tahakur	878	0.8	−0.6
	Gano Forum	A. S. M. Akram	659	0.6	N/A
	FP	Md. Alim Uddin	295	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,660	11.1	+4.7
Turnout			105,059	59.0	+17.4
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-9^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury	33,107	41.2
	AL	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan	27,981	34.8
	Independent	Nurul Karim	4,800	6.0
	JI	Moazzem Hossain	4,715	5.9
	JSD	Gias Uddin	3,065	3.8
	Independent	Faruk Miah	2,053	2.6
	Bangladesh Janata Party	A. K. M. Mahbubul Karim	1,958	2.4
	Zaker Party	Md. Aminul Islam Vuiyan	1,103	1.4
	NDP	Md. Alim Uddin Fakir	564	0.7
	JP(E)	Abdur Rashid	422	0.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Nazim Uddin	365	0.5
	CPB	Shamsul Bari	256	0.3
Majority			5,126	6.4
Turnout			80,389	41.6
	BNP gain from