Netrokona-1

Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi of the Awami League.

Netrokona-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Netrokona District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	353,206 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 156 Mymensingh-11 158 Netrokona-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Mymensingh-12 constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.^[4]

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[5] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sirajul Islam	Awami League[7]
	1988		Jatiya Party[8]
	1991	Abdul Karim Abbasi	BNP
	1996	Jalal Uddin Talukder	Awami League
	2001	Abdul Karim Abbasi	BNP
	2008	Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi	Awami League[1]
	2014	Chobi Biswas
	2018	Manu Majumdar
	2024	Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Netrokona-1^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Chobi Biswas	53,496	51.3	−9.2
	Independent	Shah Kutub Uddin Talukdar	31,710	30.4	N/A
	Independent	Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi	17,665	16.9	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Anowar Hossain Khan	1,381	1.3	N/A
Majority			21,786	20.9	−2.2
Turnout			104,252	34.7	−48.1
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Netrokona-1^[2][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi	132,977	60.5	+14.8
	BNP	Kayser Kamal	82,322	37.5	−14.8
	CPB	Md. Siddiqur Rahman	4,355	2.0	+0.2
Majority			50,655	23.1	+16.5
Turnout			219,654	82.8	+4.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Netrokona-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Karim Abbasi	103,059	52.3	+15.4
	AL	Jalal Uddin Talukder	90,031	45.7	+5.7
	CPB	Dibalok Singha	3,493	1.8	+0.6
	KSJL	A. K. Azad	455	0.2	N/A
Majority			13,028	6.6	+3.5
Turnout			197,038	78.2	+4.0
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Netrokona-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Jalal Uddin Talukder	59,574	40.0	+3.1
	BNP	Abdul Karim Abbasi	55,027	36.9	−0.4
	JP(E)	Golam Rabbani	29,115	19.5	−2.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Kadir	2,772	1.9	N/A
	CPB	Dibalok Singha	1,728	1.2	−2.6
	Islami Shasantantra Andolon	Mohammad Shamsul Huda	592	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Ebadat Ali	265	0.2	−0.1
Majority			4,547	3.1	+2.7
Turnout			149,073	74.2	+25.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Netrokona-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Karim Abbasi	38,437	37.3
	AL	Jalal Uddin Talukder	38,023	36.9
	JP(E)	Golam Rabbani	22,396	21.7
	CPB	Chobi Biswas	3,918	3.8
	Zaker Party	Ebadat Ali	337	0.3
Majority			414	0.4
Turnout			103,111	48.9
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Netrokona-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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. "District Statistics 2011: Mymensingh" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
6. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "Netrokona-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
10. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Netrokona-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 15 March 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. "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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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