Shariatpur-1 Explained

Shariatpur-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Shariatpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Dhaka Division
Electorate:296,018 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:Iqbal Hossain Apu
Party:Awami League
Previous:Faridpur-14

Shariatpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Iqbal Hossain Apu of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shariatpur Sadar and Zanjira upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Faridpur-14 constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986Sardar AKM NasiruddinIndependent
1991K.M. Hemayet Ullah AurangaAwami League
Sep 1996 by-electionMaster Majibur RahmanAwami League
2001K.M. Hemayet Ullah AurangaIndependent
2008B. M. Muzammel HaqueAwami League
2018Iqbal Hossain ApuAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

B. M. Muzammel Haque 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

Abdur Razzak stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election, and won both of them: Shariatpur-1 and Shariatpur-3. He chose to represent Shariatpur-3 and quit Shariatpur-1, triggering a by-election. Master Majibur Rahman, of the Awami League, was elected in a September 1996 by-election.

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