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Gaibandha-3
Gaibandha-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Eunus Ali Sarkar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Palashbari and Sadullapur upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate, TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury ( bn, ফজলে রাব্বি চৌধুরী; 1 October 1934 – 20 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi politician from Gaibandha who was a member of parliament for six terms. As an advisor to President Hussain Moha ..., died ten days before the 30 December 2018 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 27 January 2019. The BNP selected Moinul Hasan Sadik to run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury
Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury ( bn, ফজলে রাব্বি চৌধুরী; 1 October 1934 – 20 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi politician from Gaibandha who was a member of parliament for six terms. As an advisor to President Hussain Mohammad Ershad, he represented the Jatiya Party for most of his lifetime. Early life Chowdhury was born on 1 October 1934, to a Bengali Muslim family of Chowdhuries from the village of Taluqzamira in Harinathpur, Palashbari under Gaibandha (formerly part of Rangpur District) in Bengal Province. He earned a M.Sc. and a PhD degree. Career Chowdhury was elected to Parliament from Gaibandha-3 in 1986, 1988, 1991, and 1996 as a candidate of Jatiya Party (Ershad). He was elected in 2001 as a candidate of Islami Jatiya Oikya Front and in 2008 as a candidate of Jatiya Party (Ershad). He was an advisor to President Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He worked as a professor at the Bangladesh Agricultural University. In 2015, he was the acting Chairperson o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunus Ali Sarkar
Eunus Ali Sarkar (15 June 1953 – 27 December 2019) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gaibandha-3 constituency. Early life Sarkar was born on 15 June 1953. He completed his M.B.B.S. from Rangpur Medical College. Career Sarkar was elected to parliament on 5 January 2014 from Gaibandha-3 Gaibandha-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Eunus Ali Sarkar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Palashbari and Sadullapur upazilas. History The c ... as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. In 2016, he asked the government to provide Eid bonus for members of parliament. Death Sarkar died on 27 December 2019 from lung cancer at the age of 66 at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital, Dhaka. References 1953 births 2019 deaths Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umme Kulsum Smriti
Umme Kulsum Smrity ( bn, উম্মে কুলসুম স্মৃতি) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the Member of Parliament from Gaibandha-3. Early life Smrity was born on 1 June 1963. She graduated with a law degree. Career Smrity was elected to parliament from reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2014. She is the General Secretary of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak League The Bangladesh Krishak League On 19 April 1972, at the behest of Bangabandhu, eminent lawyer Sirajul Islam Khan was appointed as the convener of the constitution-making committee and founding vice-president of the Krishka League Central Committee .... She was elected to Parliament from Gaibandha-3 in an by-election on 21 March 2020. References Awami League politicians Living people 1963 births 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians 21st-century Bangladeshi politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhlesur Rahman
Mukhlesur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Gaibandha-3 in February 1996. Career Mukhlesur was elected to parliament from Gaibandha-3 Gaibandha-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Eunus Ali Sarkar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Palashbari and Sadullapur upazilas. History The c ... as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Gaibandha District Politicians from Rangpur Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaibandha District
Gaibandha ( bn, গাইবান্ধা জেলা, ''Gaibandha Jela'' or ''Gaibandha Zila'') is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. Gaibandha subdivision was established in 1875. Gaibandha was previously known as Bhabanigonj. The name was changed from Bhabanigonj to Gaibandha in 1875. Gaibandha was established as a district on 15 February 1984. Gaibandha is the administrative headquarter and largest urban centre of this district. Etymology There are two opinions about the name of Gaibandha. The most famous opinion is: around five thousand years ago, capital of Matsya Kingdom of King Birat was in Gobindaganj area. Bengali: মৎস্য (Matsya) means fish and Bengali: দেশ (desh) means country. Fishes were abundant in his kingdom so the term Bengali: মৎস্য দেশ (Matsya Desh) was created. According to Mahabharata, king Birat had 60,000 cows which were frequently robbed by robbers. To protect his cattle from robber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called Member of Parliament, or MP. The 11th National Parliamentary Election was held on 30 December 2018. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. The leader of the party (or alliance of parties) holding the majority of seats becomes the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and so the head of the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, is chosen by Parliament. Since the December 2008 national election, the current majority party is the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. Etymology The Constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p525 The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 278 of the 300 elected seats. This administration was short-lived, however, only lasting 12 days before the installation of caretaker government and fresh elections held in June. Background In March 1994, controversy over a parliamentary by-election, which the Bangladesh Awami League-led opposition claimed the BNP government had rigged, led to an indefinite boycott of Parliament by the entire opposition. The opposition also began a program of repeated general strikes to press its demand that Khaleda Zia's government resign and that a caretaker government supervise a general election. Efforts to mediate the dispute, under the auspices of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psephos
Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive is an online archive of election statistics, and claims to be the world's largest online resource of such information. Psephos is maintained by Dr Adam Carr, of Melbourne, Australia, a historian and former aide to Australian MP Michael Danby and Senator David Feeney. It includes detailed statistics for presidential and legislative elections from 182 countries, with at least some statistics for every country that has what Carr considers to be genuine national elections. "Psephos" is a Greek word meaning "pebble", a reference to the Ancient Greek method of voting by dropping pebbles into urns, and is the root of the word psephology, the study of elections. Carr began accumulating Australian election statistics in the mid-1980s, with the intention of publishing a complete print edition of Australian national elections statistics dating back to 1901. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Carr abandoned this idea and began to place election stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014. The elections were not free and fair. They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia was put under house arrest. There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government, with around 21 people killed on election day. Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the total 300 seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
Islami Jatiya Oikya Front (IJOF, lit. Islamic National United Front) was a short-lived political alliance in Bangladesh. Formed in 2001, it was one of the three principal contenders in that year's parliamentary elections. Led by the Jatiya Party (Ershad), it also included the Islami Shashontantra Andolan (ISA) and three smaller parties. The founder of the ISA, Fazlul Karim, declared that IJOF's intention was to establish an Islamic government. Other planks in the party platform included transforming Bangladesh into a federation of eight autonomous provinces, and prohibiting women from becoming prime minister. The Jatiya Party (Ershad) fielded candidates in 281 of the country's 300 parliamentary constituencies, leaving the remaining 19 to be contested by its junior partners. The front won 14 seats. It received 7.25% of the votes, and accordingly was allocated 3 of the 45 additional seats reserved for women. The front collapsed after the 2001 election because, according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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