Mymensingh-8 Explained

Mymensingh-8
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Mymensingh District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Mymensingh Division
Electorate:	271,196 (2018)
Year:	1973
Members:	Fakhrul Imam
Party:	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

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.

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
	1979	Shamsul Huda Chaudhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1986	Hashim Uddin Ahmed	Jatiya Party
	1988	Fakhrul Imam	Jatiya Party
	1991	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	February 1996	Zainul Abedin	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[1]
	June 1996	Md. Abdus Sattar	Awami League
	2001	Shah Nurul Kabir	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Md. Abdus Sattar	Awami League
	2014	Fakhrul Imam	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2024	Mahmud Hasan Sumon	Awami League

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.

Elections in the 1990s

External links

• Web site: People's Republic of Bangladesh . Psephos.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of 6th Parliament Members . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf . 15 September 2018 . 9 April 2020.