Kishoreganj-1 | |
Parl Name: | Jatiya Sangsad |
District: | Kishoreganj District |
Region Label: | Division |
Region: | Dhaka Division |
Electorate: | 430,193 (2018) |
Year: | 1984 |
Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election.
The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas.
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1986 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League | |
1988 | Bazlul Karim Falu | ||
1991 | ABM Zahidul Haq | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
1996 | A. K. M. Shamsul Haque | Awami League | |
1999 by-election | Alauddin Ahammad | Jatiya Party (Manju) | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
2008 | Sayed Ashraful Islam | Awami League | |
2019 by-election | Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi[1] | 14 Party Alliance | |
Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
A. K. M. Shamsul Haque died in September 1999. Alauddin Ahammad of the Awami League was elected in a 1999 by-election.