Mymensingh-8

Mymensingh-8
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Mymensingh District
Division	Mymensingh Division
Electorate	271,196 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 152 Mymensingh-7 154 Mymensingh-9 →

Mymensingh-8 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Mahmud Hasan Sumon.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Ishwarganj Upazila.^[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Md. Abdul Halim	Awami League[4]
	1979	Shamsul Huda Chaudhury	BNP[5]
	1986	Hashim Uddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party[6][7]
	1988	Fakhrul Imam
	1991	Khurram Khan Chowdhury
	Feb 1996	Zainul Abedin	BNP[8]
	Jun 1996	Md. Abdus Sattar	Awami League
	2001	Shah Nurul Kabir	BNP
	2008	Md. Abdus Sattar	Awami League
	2014	Fakhrul Imam	Jatiya Party
	2024	Mahmud Hasan Sumon	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Fakhrul Imam was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Mymensingh-8^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Abdus Sattar	121,163	68.0	+32.7
	BNP	Shah Nurul Kabir	57,041	32.0	−10.8
Majority			64,122	36.0	+28.6
Turnout			178,204	84.3	+16.6
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Mymensingh-8^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shah Nurul Kabir	59,159	42.8	+22.9
	AL	Md. Abdus Sattar	48,885	35.3	−1.9
	Independent	Shoumendra Kishor Chowdhury	23,813	17.2	N/A
	IJOF	S. M. Iqbal	6,065	4.4	N/A
	Independent	Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan	403	0.3	+0.2
Majority			10,274	7.4	+6.2
Turnout			138,325	67.7	+10.0
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Mymensingh-8^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Abdus Sattar	34,029	37.2	N/A
	JP(E)	Rowshan Ershad	32,908	36.0	+11.3
	BNP	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	18,190	19.9	−0.6
	JI	A. K. M. Wali Ullah	5,438	5.9	N/A
	Zaker Party	Harun Or Rashid	398	0.4	−0.4
	Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan	Mustafa Anowarul Haque Khan	204	0.2	N/A
	FP	Md. Abdul Gafur	154	0.2	−1.3
	Independent	Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan	113	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,121	1.2	−3.0
Turnout			91,434	57.7	+12.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

General Election 1991: Mymensingh-8^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	18,209	24.7
	BNP	Golam Nabi	15,095	20.5
	Independent	Md. Akhter Hossain Vuiyan	13,992	19.0
	Ganatantri Party	A. H. M. Khalequzzaman	13,340	18.1
	Independent	Md. Reza-e-Karim	9,453	12.8
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Siraj Uddin	1,404	1.9
	FP	Md. Abdul Gafur	1,117	1.5
	Zaker Party	Harun Or Rashid	571	0.8
	Independent	Jainul Abedin	267	0.4
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Saidur Rahman Vuiyan	193	0.3
	Independent	Anwarul Kadir	143	0.2
Majority			3,114	4.2
Turnout			73,784	45.0
	JP(E) hold

References

1. "Mymensingh-8". 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. Bangladesh Election Commission (13 February 2018). "Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-8". Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
9. "Nat'l election: Number of unopposed winners now 154". The Bangladesh Chronicle. UNB. 15 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
10. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
12. "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.

External links

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

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