Madaripur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMadaripur District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate245,095 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton

Madaripur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shibchar Upazila.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-13 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.[4]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986 Abul Khair Chowdhury Awami League[5][6]
Feb 1991 Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury Awami League
Sep 1991 by-election Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton Awami League
Feb 1996 Abul Khair Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Jun 1996 Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2018s [8]

General Election 2018: Madaripur-1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 2,27,393 92.75 N/A
BNP Sajjad Hossain Shiddque 313 0.2 N/A
IAB Jafor Ahmad 101 0.15 N/A
JP(E) Joherul Islam Mintu 62 0.12 N/A
Majority 2,27,080 63.7 +29.1
Turnout 2,27,866 85.6 +17.6
AL hold

Elections in the 2010s

Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 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: Madaripur-1[2][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 119,767 76.8 +9.9
Independent Kamal Zaman Mollah 20,443 13.1 N/A
BNP Abdullah Mohammad Hasan 11,419 7.3 -25.1
IAB Abul Kalam Azad 2,430 1.6 N/A
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman 1,821 1.2 N/A
Independent Nasir Ahmed Chowdhury 135 0.1 N/A
Majority 99,324 63.7 +29.1
Turnout 156,015 85.6 +17.6
AL hold
General Election 2001: Madaripur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 98,898 66.9 +2.8
BNP Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 47,831 32.4 +1.6
IJOF Sheikh Salah Uddin Ahmed 359 0.2 N/A
Independent Munir Chowdhury 336 0.2 N/A
Independent Rezaul Karim Talukder 304 0.2 N/A
Majority 51,067 34.6 +1.3
Turnout 147,728 68.0 -0.7
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Madaripur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 61,012 64.1
BNP Abul Khaer Chowdhury 29,312 30.8
IOJ Azharul Hoq Hawladar 2,905 3.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain 1,724 1.8
Independent Razzak Mollah 216 0.2
Majority 31,700 33.3
Turnout 95,169 68.7
AL hold

Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury died in office.[13] Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton, his son, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[14][15]

General Election 1991: Madaripur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury 47,595 45.7
JP(E) Abul Khaer Chowdhury 32,333 31.1
BNP Mojibur Rahman Khan 9,744 9.4
Zaker Party Reza Shahjahan 9,075 8.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Rokon Uddin Khan 2,327 2.2
BKA Zahirul Islam 1,928 1.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Raza Miah Hung 628 0.6
JSD Mezbah Uddin 348 0.3
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Samsul Huda Talukdar 91 0.1
Majority 15,262 14.7
Turnout 104,069 47.1
AL hold

References

  1. ↑ "Madaripur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ↑ জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "মাদারীপুর-১", উইকিপিডিয়া (in Bengali), 2023-02-25, retrieved 2023-02-25
  9. ↑ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "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.
  13. ↑ Hakim, Muhammad A. (August 1994). "The Mirpur Parliamentary by-Election in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 34 (8): 741. doi:10.2307/2645261. JSTOR 2645261.
  14. ↑ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
  15. ↑ Halder, Nityananda (25 December 2008). "Grand alliance has fair chance to sail through". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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