Lakshmipur-1

Lakshmipur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Anwar Hossain Khan of the Awami League.

Lakshmipur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictLakshmipur District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate219,940 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Anwar Hossain Khan

Boundaries

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

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Noakhali constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 A. N. M. Shamsul Islam Jatiya Party[4]
1988 M. A. Gofran

No party [4]

1991 Ziaul Haque Zia Bangladesh Nationalist Party
February 1996 Nazim Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 Ziaul Haque Zia Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Nazim Uddin Ahmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2014 M. A. Awal Bangladesh Tarikat Federation
2018 Anwar Hossain Khan Awami League[1][5]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Lakshmipur-1[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BTF M. A. Awal 49,656 67.3 +67.1
Independent Shafiqul Islam 21,859 29.6 N/A
JP(E) Mahmudur Rahman Mahmud 2,286 3.1 N/A
Majority 27,797 37.7 +23.1
Turnout 73,801 39.8 -41.9
BTF gain from BNP

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Lakshmipur-1[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Nazim Uddin Ahmed 74,276 56.2 -9.7
Awami League Shahjahan 54,946 41.6 +10.6
IAB Md. Abdul Kabir 1,850 1.4 N/A
National People's Party Mosaraf Hossain 324 0.2 N/A
BTF Md. Aminul Haque Tipu 317 0.2 N/A
KSJL Md. Amin Ullah 252 0.2 N/A
JSD (R) Abu Sayed Mohon 240 0.2 N/A
Majority 19,330 14.6 -20.3
Turnout 132,205 81.7 +15.3
BNP hold
General Election 2001: Lakshmipur-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ziaul Haque Zia 68,990 65.9 +22.0
Awami League Shahjahan 32,437 31.0 +4.5
IJOF Mahmudur Rahman Mahmud 2,572 2.5 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) Abdur Razzak 226 0.2 N/A
Independent Md. Mahmudul Haq 187 0.2 N/A
JSD Abu Sayed Mohon 160 0.2 N/A
Workers Party Md. Nazrul Islam 93 0.1 N/A
Majority 36,553 34.9 +17.5
Turnout 104,665 66.4 +7.0
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Lakshmipur-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ziaul Haque Zia 28,577 43.9 +3.3
Awami League Safiqul Islam 17,244 26.5 +16.0
JP(E) Monir Ahmed 9,345 14.4 +1.7
Jamaat-e-Islami Lutfor Rahman 8,843 13.6 -4.9
Sramajibi Oikkya Forum Md. Sirajul Islam 229 0.4 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Samsad (Darshan Shava) Md. Momin Ullah 209 0.3 N/A
JSD (R) Md. Samsuddin 190 0.3 N/A
Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) Abdur Razzak 177 0.3 N/A
Independent Golam Sarwar Mazumder 175 0.3 N/A
Zaker Party M. Hasmat Ullah Sheikh 74 0.1 -1.4
Majority 11,333 17.4 -4.7
Turnout 65,063 59.4 +21.8
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Lakshmipur-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Ziaul Haque Zia 24,727 40.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Lutfar Rahman 11,248 18.5
JSD (R) Md. Shafiqul Islam 9,783 16.0
JP(E) Sirajul Islam 7,725 12.7
Awami League Ukil Sultan Ahmad 6,406 10.5
Zaker Party M. Hasmat Ullah Sheikh 938 1.5
Independent Syed Md. Nurul Islam Miaji 136 0.2
Majority 13,479 22.1
Turnout 60,963 37.6
BNP gain from [[|N/A]]

References
  1. "Laxmipur-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. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. Kamol, Ershad (31 December 2018). "Results show BNP candidates' votes fall unusually". New Age. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. "AL wins 3 seats, JP 1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Lakshmipur-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "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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