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Magura-1

Coordinates: 23°29′N 89°25′E / 23.49°N 89.42°E / 23.49; 89.42
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Magura-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMagura District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate400,485 (2024)
Current constituency
Created1984

Magura-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila, Magura Municipality, and nine union parishads of Magura Sadar Upazila: Atharakhada, Bagia, Chaulia, Hazrapur, Jagdal, Kasundi, Maghi, and Raghab Dair.[1][2]

History

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The constituency was created in 1984 from the Jessore-12 constituency when the former Jessore District was split into four districts: Jhenaidah, Jessore, Magura, and Narail.[3]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1986 M. A. Matin Jatiya Party[4][5]
1991 Majid-ul-Haq BNP
1996 Muhammad Serajul Akbar Awami League[6][7]
2015 by-election ATM Abdul Wahab
2018 Saifuzzaman Shikhor
2024 Shakib Al Hasan

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Muhammad Serajul Akbar died in March 2015. ATM Abdul Wahab of the Awami League was elected in a May 2015 by-election.[8]

Magura-1 by-election, May 2015[9][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL ATM Abdul Wahab 93,181 86.6 +32.0
Independent Tapan Kumar Singha 12,790 11.9 N/A
National People's Party Quazi Tauhidul Alam 902 0.8 N/A
BNF AKM Mutasim Billah 709 0.7 +0.1
Majority 80,391 74.7 +65.4
Turnout 107,582 33.2 −0.2
AL hold
General Election 2014: Magura-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 56,051 54.6 +0.6
Independent Tapon Kumar Singho 46,474 45.3 N/A
BNF AKM Mutasim Billah 48 0.6 N/A
Majority 9,577 9.3 −1.0
Turnout 102,573 33.4 −57.7
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Magura-1[1][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 135,596 54.0 +7.7
BNP Iqbal Akhter Khan 109,835 43.7 +2.6
IAB Moin Uddin Ahmmed 5,198 2.1 N/A
LDP A. N. Kamal Uddin Mustafa 577 0.2 N/A
Majority 25,761 10.3 +5.0
Turnout 251,206 91.1 +7.1
AL hold
General Election 2001: Magura-1[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 97,542 46.3 +1.8
BNP Nitai Roy Chowdhury 86,468 41.1 +21.4
IJOF Hasan Siraj Suja 22,569 10.7 N/A
Independent Majid-ul-Haq 3,177 1.5 N/A
Gano Forum Muhammad Mizanur Rahman 525 0.3 N/A
WPB Kazi Nazrul Islam 236 0.1 N/A
Majority 11,074 5.3 −9.2
Turnout 210,517 84.0 +0.5
AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Magura-1[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Muhammad Serajul Akbar 73,543 44.5 +6.1
JP(E) Iqbal Akhter Khan 49,594 30.0 +28.4
BNP Majid-ul-Haq 32,621 19.7 −26.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Liakat Ali Khan 5,706 3.5 −1.1
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD M. A. Awal 1,343 0.8 +0.7
NAP (Bhashani) Md. Amzad Hossain 836 0.5 N/A
Zaker Party Abul Hasem Moulana 484 0.3 −4.6
Jatiya Seba Dal Md. Fazlul Hoque 365 0.2 N/A
IOJ Md. Shahidul Islam 303 0.2 N/A
JSD Birendra Nath Mazumder 298 0.2 0.0
Independent Md. Mijanur Rahman 105 0.1 N/A
Majority 23,949 14.5 +6.6
Turnout 165,198 83.5 +10.9
AL gain from BNP
General Election 1991: Magura-1[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Majid-ul-Haq 69,728 46.3
AL Altaf Hossain 57,795 38.4
Zaker Party A. Haq 7,659 5.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Matin 6,892 4.6
BAKSAL Roy Ramesh Chandra 2,423 1.6
IOJ Amjad Hossain 2,421 1.6
JP(E) Munshi Faizul Kabir 2,356 1.6
Independent Hasan Rakib 775 0.5
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mamudur Rahman 255 0.2
JSD T. M. Mohabbat Ali 149 0.1
Majority 11,933 7.9
Turnout 150,453 72.6
BNP gain from JP(E)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Jhenaidah" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Magura-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan elected from Magura-1". The Business Standard. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  8. ^ a b "AL-backed Wahab sweeps Magura-1 by-polls". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  9. ^ "By-election to Magura-1 today". The Daily Star. UNB. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Magura-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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