Meherpur-1

{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}}

{{Infobox constituency

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| parl_name = Jatiya Sangsad

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| district = Meherpur District

| region_label = Division

| region = Khulna Division

| population =

| electorate = 269,605 (2018)

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| year = 1984

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Meherpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Farhad Hossain of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Meherpur Sadar and Mujibnagar upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Kushtia-5 constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1986 \| Mohammad Shahiduddin \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" \| \| 1988 \| Ramjan Ali \| Jatiya Party
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1991 \| Abdul Mannan \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 1996 \| Ahammad Ali \| BNP
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 1999 by-election \| Abdul Mannan \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" \| \| 2001 \| Masud Arun \| BNP
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2008 \| Joynal Abedin \| rowspan="2" \| Awami League
style="background-color:{{party color\|Bangladesh Awami League}}" \| \| 2014 \| Farhad Hossain

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colspan="2"|Election

Member

Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1986

| Mohammad Shahiduddin

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" |

| 1988

| Ramjan Ali

| Jatiya Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1991

| Abdul Mannan

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 1996

| Ahammad Ali

| BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 1999 by-election

| Abdul Mannan

| Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" |

| 2001

| Masud Arun

| BNP

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2008

| Joynal Abedin

| rowspan="2" | Awami League

style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" |

| 2014

| Farhad Hossain

Elections

= Elections in the 2010s =

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Farhad Hossain

|votes = 80,146

|percentage = 85.2

|change = +32.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Adv. Yarul Islam

|votes = 13,919

|percentage = 14.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 66,227

|percentage = 70.4

|change = +48.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 94,065

|percentage = 37.8

|change = -52.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Joynal Abedin

|votes = 107,492

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +14.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Masud Arun

|votes = 62,745

|percentage = 31.0

|change = -26.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Samir Uddin

|votes = 30,756

|percentage = 15.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh

|candidate = Md. Abul Kalam Kashami

|votes = 1,506

|percentage = 0.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 44,747

|percentage = 22.1

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 202,499

|percentage = 90.6

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Masud Arun

|votes = 102,028

|percentage = 57.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Mannan

|votes = 69,971

|percentage = 39.1

|change = -21.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

|candidate = Motasim Billah Motu

|votes = 5,532

|percentage = 3.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. Shahabuddin

|votes = 1,424

|percentage = 0.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. A. Hamid

|votes = 109

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Md. A. Halim Molla

|votes = 79

|percentage = 0.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 32,057

|percentage = 17.9

|change = -4.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 179,143

|percentage = 89.3

|change = +63.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

Ahmed Ali died in office. Abdul Mannan of the Awami League was elected in a May 1999 by-election.

{{Election box begin | title=Meherpur-1 by-election, May 1999

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Mannan

|votes = 26,717

|percentage = 60.5

|change = +23.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Hisab Uddin

|votes = 16,785

|percentage = 38.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Sayed Humayun Kabir Arzu

|votes = 379

|percentage = 0.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Motasim Billah Motu

|votes = 174

|percentage = 0.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = BKSMA

|candidate = Krishak Md. Sadeque

|votes = 79

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,932

|percentage = 22.5

|change = +15.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,134

|percentage = 25.7

|change = -61.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

}}

= Elections in the 1990s =

{{Election box begin | title=General Election June 1996: Meherpur-1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Ahammad Ali

|votes = 60,621

|percentage = 43.9

|change = +8.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Syeda Zohra Tajuddin

|votes = 51,366

|percentage = 37.2

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Samir Uddin

|votes = 23,929

|percentage = 17.3

|change = -8.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Ramjan Ali

|votes = 1,659

|percentage = 1.2

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = S. M. A. Hasib

|votes = 390

|percentage = 0.3

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Gano Forum

|candidate = Al Amin

|votes = 123

|percentage = 0.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,255

|percentage = 6.7

|change = +6.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 138,088

|percentage = 87.1

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|loser = Bangladesh Awami League

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Awami League

|candidate = Abdul Mannan

|votes = 40,474

|percentage = 36.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

|candidate = Ahammad Ali

|votes = 39,632

|percentage = 35.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

|candidate = Sirajul Haq

|votes = 29,481

|percentage = 26.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Dhumpan O MAdokdrobba Nibaronkari Manabsheba Schansta

|candidate = Mozammel Haq

|votes = 1,102

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

|candidate = Ramjan Ali

|votes = 1,083

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Zaker Party

|candidate = S. M. A. Hasib

|votes = 364

|percentage = 0.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Workers Party of Bangladesh

|candidate = Akbar Ali

|votes = 269

|percentage = 0.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 842

|percentage = 0.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 112,405

|percentage = 75.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link without swing|

|winner = Bangladesh Awami League

|loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad)

}}

References

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{{cite news |title=Meherpur-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Meherpur-1&d=khulna |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author= |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author= |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}

{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Kunal |last2=Chakrabarti |first2=Shubhra |title=Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVOFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA269 |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=269 |isbn=978-0-8108-8024-5}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}

{{cite news |title=Meherpur-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=73 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525204427/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=73 |archive-date=25 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=071&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Detail Results |author= |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author= |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}

{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=73 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002733/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=73 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/432.htm |title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh: |date=23 February 2000 |website=U. S. Department of State |access-date=23 May 2018}}

{{cite news |title=AL candidate wins Meherpur by-poll |newspaper=The New Nation |date=5 May 1999}}

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External links

{{Cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/ |title=People's Republic of Bangladesh |website=Psephos}}

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh

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