Sylhet-1

Sylhet-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the seat remains vacant.

Sylhet-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Sylhet District
Division	Sylhet Division
Electorate	5,44,244 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	None
Member(s)	Vacant

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Sylhet City Corporation and Sylhet Sadar Upazila.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdul Hekim Chowdhury	Awami League[6]
	1979	Syed Rafiqul Haque	Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury	Independent[8][9]
	1991	Khandaker Abdul Malik	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1996	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Saifur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	Awami League
	2018	AK Abdul Momen	Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018

General Election 2018: Sylhet-1^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	AK Abdul Momen	2,98,696		N/A
	BNP	Khandeker Abdul Moqtadir	1,23,851		N/A
	IAB	Md Redwanul Haque Chowdhury	2,024		N/A
Majority			1,74,845
Turnout			4,24,571
Registered electors			5,44,244
	AL hold

Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abul Maal Abdul Muhith	178,636	55.5	+17.5
	BNP	Saifur Rahman	140,367	43.6	−9.9
	BKA	Nassir Uddin	822	0.3	−0.1
	BSD	Ujjal Roy	660	0.2	N/A
	BIF	Md. Jalaluddin	605	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Kalyan Party	Md. Kahir Mahmood	495	0.2	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Shafique	270	0.1	N/A
Majority			38,269	11.9	−3.6
Turnout			321,855	76.0	+8.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Sylhet-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Saifur Rahman	133,827	53.5	+21.3
	AL	Abul Mal Abdul Muhit	95,089	38.0	+5.4
	IJOF	A. Mukit Khan	17,090	6.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Chaifur Rahman	1,246	0.5	N/A
	Liberal Party Bangladesh	M. Kutub Uddin Ahmad	1,159	0.5	N/A
	BKA	Md. Nasir Uddin	556	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Md. Humayun Khan	403	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Ismail Ali	298	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Nurul Islam Khan	197	0.1	0.0
	Independent	Mostafa Allama	190	0.1	N/A
	JSD	Siddiqur Rahman	186	0.1	−0.4
	Jatiya Party (M)	Eftekhar Ahmad Limon	83	0.0	N/A
Majority			38,738	15.5	+15.1
Turnout			250,324	67.9	+1.3
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Humayun Rashid Chowdhury	59,710	32.6	+2.3
	BNP	Saifur Rahman	58,990	32.2	+0.5
	JP(E)	Babrul Hossain Babul	40,175	21.9	N/A
	JI	Shafiqur Rahman	18,029	9.8	−5.2
	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Rezaul Karim Kashemi	1,293	0.7	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mohammad Shafiq	1,122	0.6	N/A
	JSD	Shamima Akhtar	1,005	0.5	−6.2
	IOJ	Abdur Rakib	785	0.4	−6.2
	Independent	Md. Habibur Rahman Moin	459	0.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	M. A. Karim	337	0.2	−0.2
	Independent	Ruhela Hussain Rina	327	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Awami League (Mostofa Allama)	Mostofa Allama	276	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Md. Masuk Murad	248	0.1	N/A
	Islamic Dal Bangladesh (Saifur)	Md. Soyfur Rahman	221	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Nasir Uddin	159	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Nurul Islam)	Md. Abdul Matin Chowdhury	144	0.1	N/A
Majority			720	0.4	−1.0
Turnout			183,280	66.6	+26.3
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 1991: Sylhet-1^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khandaker Abdul Malik	37,090	31.7
	AL	Iftekhar Hossain Shamim	35,470	30.3
	JI	Shafiqur Rahman	17,517	15.0
	JSD	Sadar Uddin Ahmad	7,865	6.7
	IOJ	Md. Masud Khan	7,736	6.6
	Independent	Md. Nausheran Chowdhury	7,224	6.2
	Jatiya Janata Party (Aashraf)	Shafikur Rahman	2,048	1.7
	Islami Samajtantrik Dal	Liaqat Ali Khan	867	0.7
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Karim	449	0.4
	Bangladesh Nezam-e-Islam Party	A. Rakib	445	0.4
	Bangladesh Islamic Biplobi Parishad	Sheikh Md. Obaidullah Bin Sayeed Jalalabadi	202	0.2
	CPB	Md. Abdul Malek	141	0.1
Majority			1,620	1.4
Turnout			117,054	40.3
	BNP gain from Independent