Mymensingh-9
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMymensingh District
DivisionMymensingh Division
Electorate294,105 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Mejor General Abdus Salam

Mymensingh-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mejor General Abdus Salam of the Awami League.

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

ElectionMemberParty
1973 Kudratullah Mandal Awami League[4]
1979 Habib Ullah Sarkar Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
1986 Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Awami League[6]
1988 Khurram Khan Chowdhury [7]
1991 Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
February 1996 Zahurul Islam Khan Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
June 1996 Abdus Salam Awami League
2001 Khurram Khan Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Abdus Salam Awami League
2014 Anwarul Abedin Khan Awami League

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
Jamaat-e-Islami 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
Jamaat-e-Islami 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

References

  1. ↑ "Mymensingh-9". 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. ↑ Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-9". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  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.

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