Madaripur-1

Madaripur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton of the Awami League.

Madaripur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictMadaripur District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate245,095 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shibchar Upazila.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-13 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Abul Khair Chowdhury Awami League[5][6]
Feb 1991 Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury Awami League
Sep 1991 by-election Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton Awami League
Feb 1996 Abul Khair Chowdhury Bangladesh Nationalist Party[7]
Jun 1996 Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Madaripur-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 119,767 76.8 +9.9
Independent Kamal Zaman Mollah 20,443 13.1 N/A
BNP Abdullah Mohammad Hasan 11,419 7.3 -25.1
IAB Abul Kalam Azad 2,430 1.6 N/A
Independent Md. Habibur Rahman 1,821 1.2 N/A
Independent Nasir Ahmed Chowdhury 135 0.1 N/A
Majority 99,324 63.7 +29.1
Turnout 156,015 85.6 +17.6
Awami League hold
General Election 2001: Madaripur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 98,898 66.9 +2.8
BNP Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 47,831 32.4 +1.6
IJOF Sheikh Salah Uddin Ahmed 359 0.2 N/A
Independent Munir Chowdhury 336 0.2 N/A
Independent Rezaul Karim Talukder 304 0.2 N/A
Majority 51,067 34.6 +1.3
Turnout 147,728 68.0 -0.7
Awami League hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Madaripur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton 61,012 64.1
BNP Abul Khaer Chowdhury 29,312 30.8
IOJ Azharul Hoq Hawladar 2,905 3.1
Jamaat-e-Islami Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain 1,724 1.8
Independent Razzak Mollah 216 0.2
Majority 31,700 33.3
Turnout 95,169 68.7
Awami League hold

Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury died in office.[12] Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury Liton, his son, was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[13][14]

General Election 1991: Madaripur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury 47,595 45.7
JP(E) Abul Khaer Chowdhury 32,333 31.1
BNP Mojibur Rahman Khan 9,744 9.4
Zaker Party Reza Shahjahan 9,075 8.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Rokon Uddin Khan 2,327 2.2
BKA Zahirul Islam 1,928 1.9
JSD (R) Raza Miah Hung 628 0.6
JSD Mezbah Uddin 348 0.3
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Samsul Huda Talukdar 91 0.1
Majority 15,262 14.7
Turnout 104,069 47.1
Awami League hold

References
  1. "Madaripur-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. জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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.
  12. Hakim, Muhammad A. (August 1994). "The Mirpur Parliamentary by-Election in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 34 (8): 741. doi:10.2307/2645261. JSTOR 2645261.
  13. Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
  14. Halder, Nityananda (25 December 2008). "Grand alliance has fair chance to sail through". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 May 2018.


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