Sunamganj-1

Sunamganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Moazzem Hossain Ratan of the Awami League.

Sunamganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sunamganj District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	399,359 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Moazzem Hossain Ratan
← 223 Shariatpur 3 225 Sunamganj-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dharamapasha, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, and Madhyanagar upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Sylhet constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, and Habiganj.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Prasun Kalin Roy	Communist Party[5]
	1988	Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja	[6]
	1991	Nozir Hossain	Communist Party
	Feb 1996	Nozir Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
	Jun 1996	Syed Rafiqul Haque	Awami League
	2001	Nozir Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Moazzem Hossain Ratan	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Sunamganj-1^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Moazzem Hossain Ratan	88,981	73.2	+14.9
	Independent	Syed Rafiqul Haque	32,581	26.8	N/A
Majority			56,400	46.4	+23.6
Turnout			121,562	34.6	−52.1
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Sunamganj-1^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Moazzem Hossain Ratan	155,252	58.3	+15.9
	BNP	Rafiq Chowdhury	94,458	35.5	−21.4
	Independent	Nozir Hossain	16,716	6.3	N/A
Majority			60,794	22.8	+8.2
Turnout			266,426	86.7	+10.5
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sunamganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Nozir Hossain	128,448	56.9	+16.0
	AL	Suranjit Sen Gupta	95,574	42.4	+0.6
	IJOF	Md. Ali Hossain	1,224	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja	329	0.1	N/A
Majority			32,874	14.6	+13.7
Turnout			225,575	76.2	+3.0
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Sunamganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Syed Rafiqul Haque	68,787	41.8	N/A
	BNP	Nozir Hossain	67,312	40.9	+23.0
	JP(E)	Ali Amzad	16,668	10.1	N/A
	JI	Muslem Uddin	6,345	3.9	−3.1
	Gano Forum	Md. Mosharof Hossain	4,154	2.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Jainal Abedin	710	0.4	N/A
	WPB	Tarek-Al-Moin	438	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,475	0.9	−10.8
Turnout			164,414	73.2	+25.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sunamganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPB	Nozir Hussain	44,117	36.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Ali Amzad	30,187	25.3
	BNP	Muktar Hossain	21,391	17.9
	Independent	Shahjahan	13,224	11.1
	JI	Muslem Uddin	8,371	7.0
	Independent	Syed Rafiqul Haque	1,150	1.0
	Independent	A. Nur Akhonjit	961	0.8
	NDP	Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja	132	0.1
Majority			13,930	11.7
Turnout			119,533	47.9
	CPB gain from