Noakhali-1 Explained

Noakhali-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Noakhali District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:347,671 (2018)
Year:1973
Members:H. M. Ibrahim
Party:Awami League

Noakhali-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by H. M. Ibrahim of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chatkhil Upazila and Sonaimuri Upazila but excluding these four union parishads of Sonaimuri Upazila: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, Bazra and Nateshwar.

History

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

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973A. B. M. MusaBangladesh Awami League
1979Zafar ImamBangladesh Nationalist Party
1986Moudud AhmedJatiya Party
1988 by-electionK. M. HossainJatiya Party
1991Zainul Abdin FarroqueBangladesh Nationalist Party
Feb 1996
June 1996
2001
2008Mahbub Uddin Khokon
2014H. M. IbrahimBangladesh Awami League
2018
2024

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

H. M. Ibrahim was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

Ganatantri Party candidate Nurul Islam died days before the 29 December 2008 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 12 January 2009. H. M. Ibrahim, who had earlier withdrawn in favor of Nurul Islam, ran in his place as the Grand Alliance candidate.

Elections in the 1990s

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