Mymensingh-9 Explained

Mymensingh-9
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Mymensingh District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Mymensingh Division
Electorate:	294,105 (2018)
Year:	1973
Members:	Abdus Salam (general)
Party:	Awami League

Mymensingh-9 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Major General (Rtd) Abdus Salam of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Nandail 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	Kudratullah Mandal	Awami League
	1979	Habib Ullah Sarkar	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	1986	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan	Awami League
	1988	Khurram Khan Chowdhury
	1991	Anwarul Hossain Khan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	February 1996	Zahurul Islam Khan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[1]
	June 1996	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2001	Khurram Khan Chowdhury	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Abdus Salam	Awami League
	2014	Anwarul Abedin Khan	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Anwarul Abedin Khan was re-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. 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. Jatiya Sangsad.