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Kishoreganj-1
Kishoreganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018 by Sayed Ashraful Islam of the Awami League. His death in January 2019, days after his re-election, will trigger a by-election. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Hossainpur and Kishoreganj Sadar upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Mymensingh constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona Netrokona ( bn, নেত্রকোনা) is a major town and District headquarter in Netrokona District in the division of Mymensingh. It is the largest town and urban centre of Netrokona District Netrokona ( bn, নেত্রকোণ ..., and Kishoreganj. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Sayed Ashraful Islam was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABM Zahidul Haq
ABM Zahidul Haq ( bn, এবিএম জাহিদুল হক; died 13 September 2008) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member (MP) representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency during 1991–1996. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Shipping in the same period. He founded Pakundia Adarsha Mohila College in 1993. Personal life ABM Zahidul Haq was born in a village called Narandi, which is located in Pakundia, Kishoreganj. He earned a good reputation in Pakundia and Hossainpur by establishing many educational institutions and improving the roads and bridges. He was the founder of Pakundia Adarsha Mohila College, the first girls' degree college in Pakundia. He died on 13 September 2008 in Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alauddin Ahammad
Alauddin Ahammad (1947/1948 – 13 December 2022) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-1 constituency. He was a former Vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University. Career Ahammad was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga .... In 1998, Ahammad resigned after a rape on campus led to mass protests by the students and teachers. Ahammad was elected to the parliament from Kishoreganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1999 by-election and 2001. Ahammad had served as the education and political affairs advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2013. References 1940s births Year of birth missing 2022 deaths Awami League politicians 7th Jatiya Sangsad m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bazlul Karim Falu
Bazlul Karim Falu was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a freedom fighter. He was elected as MP of Kishoreganj-1 constituency in 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian .... He died on 20 April 2019 at the age of 68. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Falu, Bazlul Karim Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians People from Kishoreganj District Politicians from Dhaka Division 4th Jatiya Sangsad members 1950s births 2019 deaths Bengali politicians People of the Bangladesh Liberation War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayed Ashraful Islam
Sayed Ashraful Islam ( – 3 January 2019) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League party. He served as a member of parliament and minister of public administration of the Government of Bangladesh. Islam also served for a time as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development. Early life Syed Ashraful Islam was the eldest son of Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of the Mujibnagar government in 1971. Islam was a Mukti Bahini member during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. He was involved in politics from the student life. He became the General Secretary of greater Mymensingh District Chhatra League and assistant publicity secretary of the central unit. He also worked as the Acting General Secretary of Awami League after the arrest of its general secretary, Abdul Jalil. He was also working as the spokesman of Bangladesh Awami League Party before serving as General Secretary of the Awami League. Political ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syeda Zakia Noor Lipi
Sayeda Zakia Noor Lipi is a Grand Alliance politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Kishoregonj 1. This is the same constituency which her father, Syed Nazrul Islam, national leader and the acting president of Mujibnagar Government 1971, and her eldest brother, Sayed Ashraful Islam Sayed Ashraful Islam ( – 3 January 2019) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League party. He served as a member of parliament and minister of public administration of the Government ..., the Ex-General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League and a cabinet minister, represented for over three decades. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipi, Syeda Zakia Noor Living people Alumni of Loughborough University Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi people of Arab descent People from Kishore ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)
The Grand Alliance ( bn, মহাজোট) is big-tent political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in Bangladesh formed before the 2008 general election. The Grand Alliance is led by the Awami League. Membership Electoral history 2008 Bangladeshi general election Total seats: 300 Grand Alliance: 263 Four Party Alliance : 33 Independents and others : 04 2014 Bangladeshi general election Total seats: 300 Grand Alliance: 280 Four Party Alliance: Boycotted Independents and others : 20 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, ... Total seats: 300 Grand Alliance: 289 Jatiya Oikya Front: 8 Independents and others : 3 References 2008 establishments in Bangladesh Bangladesh Awami League Politica ... [...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] |
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] |
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