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Gazipur-3
Gazipur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rumana Ali of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila and two union parishads of Gazipur Sadar Upazila: Bhawal Gor and Pirujali. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Dhaka-23 constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj. 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 added a fifth seat to Gazipur District and altered the boundaries of Gazipur-3. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2024s Awami League nominated candidate Prof. Rumana Ali Tusi won the Gazipur-3 seat in the 12th National Parliament election on January 7, 2024 Predicted and scheduled e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Gazipur-3. Career Milon is a former President of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. Milon contested the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election from Gazipur-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate and lost. He had received 30,834 votes while the winner, Akhtaruzzaman of Awami League received 35,502 votes. Milon was elected to parliament from Gazipur-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He had received 58,518 votes while his nearest rival, Akhtaruzzaman of Awami League, had received 58,133 votes. He was the only candidate from Bangladesh Nationalist Party to be elected from Gazipur District in the 8 parliamentary election. He was the General Secretary of Swechchhasebak Dal and Gazipur District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He received a plot in Dhaka from the government along 104 members of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iqbal Hossain Sabuj
Ikbal Hossain Sabuj (Born: 12 August 1974) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former 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 ... member from the Gazipur-3 constituency. Career Sabuj was elected to parliament from Gazipur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate 30 December 2018. He is the general secretary of the Gazipur District unit of Awami League. References Living people Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) 1974 births {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumana Ali
Rumana Ali Tusi is a Bangladeshi academic, writer and politician from Gazipur belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. She is the incumbent state minister for Primary and Mass Education and Member of Parliament from Gazipur- 3 and state minister of the 12th Parliament. Earlier, she was Jatiya Sangsad member for Reserved Women's Seat-14. She is ex-state minister Md. Rahmat Ali's daughter. Her eldest brother M. Zahid Hasan is a well known physicist at Princeton University. Biography Ali is a teacher of New Model University College, Dhaka. She also wrote a book titled ''Prachin Kirti O Oitihasik Sthan''. Ali was elected as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Reserved Women's Seat-14 on 16 February 2019. Political Life Awami League-nominated Rumana won the Gazipur-3 seat in the 12th National Parliament election on January 7, 2024 Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1928 will enter the public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokhlesur Rahman (Gazipur Politician)
Mokhlesur Rahman () was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a Member of Parliament of the then Dhaka-23 and Gazipur-3 Constituency. Early life Mokhlesur Rahman was born in Kaliganj, Gazipur. Career Mokhlesur Rahman Jitu Mia was elected as the chairman of the then Kaliganj Sadar Union in 1973. In 1979, he was elected Member of Parliament from the then Dhaka-23 constituency as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the second parliamentary election of 1979. As the BNP did not participate in the 1988 fourth national parliamentary election, he was elected as a member of parliament from the then Gazipur-3 Gazipur-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rumana Ali of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sreepur Upazila and two union parishads of Gazipur Sada ... seat as an independent candidate. Death Mokhlesur Rahman Jitu Mia passed away. References 4th Jat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhtaruzzaman (politician)
Akhtaruzzaman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Gazipur-3. Career Akhtaruzzaman was elected to parliament from Gazipur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1996. He is the chairman of Gazipur District council. References Awami League politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asfar Hossain Mollah
Asfar Hossain Mollah ( – 13 May 2016) was a Bangladeshi physician and politician from Gazipur belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. He was a member of Bangladesh Medical Association. Biography Mollah was the son of Hafiz Uddin Mollah and Begum Shahida Mollah. He was the vice president of Dhaka Medical College Central Students' Union and presidium member of Jubo League. He was a member of Bangladesh Medical Association too. He was elected as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Gazipur-3 in 1991. Mollah died on 13 May 2016 in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) is a graduate medical university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1965. The university offers postgraduate degrees only, not offering undergraduate medical or dental degrees. History Est ... at the age of 63. References People from Gazipur District Politicians from Dhaka Division 5th Jatiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time. Electoral system The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote share o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election. British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise". Background In 1982 a coup d'état led by Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew democratically elected President Abdus Sattar, suspended the Constitution and imposed martial law. Parliament was dissolved and all political parties were banned. Ershad appointed Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury as President on 27 March 1982, a position which he held until December 1983 when Ershad assumed the presidency himself. In 1983 Ershad promised to hold presidential elections in May 1984 and to restore parliamentary government the following year. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier. Electoral system In 1996, the 330 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 30 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the election results. Each parliament sits for a five-year term. Background The June 1996 election marked the second general election to be held within only a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major political parties of Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by former Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman after the Presidential election of 1978, with a view of uniting the people with a nationalist ideology. Since then, the BNP won the second, fifth, sixth and eighth national elections and two Presidential elections in 1978 and 1981. The party also holds the record of being the largest opposition in the history of parliamentary elections of the country, with 116 seats in the seventh national election of June 1996. It has currently 7 MPs in parliament after 2018 general election. Although the party was initially founded on a nationalistic principle, many of its leaders want an Islamic government and its main supporters are Islam ... [...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] |
