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Mymensingh-4
Mymensingh-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Rowshan Ershad of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. 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 In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati .... The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include all Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. Previously the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainul Abedin (politician)
Zainul Abedin (11 January 2014) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the ormer Member of Parliament of Mymensingh-4 and Mymensingh-8. Career Abedin was a lawyer and politician. he was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. He was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-8 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. He was the president of Ishwarganj Upazila Ishwarganj ( bn, ঈশ্বরগঞ্জ) is an upazila of the Mymensingh District in Bangladesh. History The seventeenth century was important to the development of Ishwarganj. The Bhulsoma Mosque was established in 1600 and 25 years after th ... BNP. He joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 26 October 2006 and served as a presidium member and president of the Mymensingh district LDP. Death Zainul Abedin died on 11 January 2014. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu
Delwar Hossain Khan Dulu is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Mymensingh-4 Mymensingh-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Rowshan Ershad of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. History The .... Career Dulu was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 8th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Mymensingh District Politicians from Mymensingh Division Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AKM Fazlul Haque (Bangladesh Nationalist Party Politician)
AKM Fazlul Haque is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Mymensingh-4 Mymensingh-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Rowshan Ershad of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. History The con .... Career Haque was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Malek (Bangladeshi Politician)
Abdul Malek (1 September 1934-19 January 2016) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former member of parliament of Mymensingh-4. He was an organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Career Abdul Malek was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-4 Mymensingh-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Rowshan Ershad of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. History The ... as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. He was an organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. References 1934 births 2016 deaths People from Jamalpur District Politicians from Mymensingh Division Awami League politicians 1st Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowshan Ershad
Roushan Ershad (born 19 July 1943) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician. She is the current Jatiya Sangsad member from Mymensingh-4 constituency and the incumbent Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh), Leader of the Opposition in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election, 11th parliament. She is the Chief Patron of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) and the widow of former Bangladesh president Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Political Career As the First Lady during 1982–1990, Ershad was active in social welfare and in promoting the rights of women and children. She was the chief patron of the Bangladesh Jatiya Mohila Sangstha. In 1975, Ershad became the founder-president of the Sena Paribar Kalliyan Samity (Armed Forces Family Welfare Association). She attended the UN Special Convention on Drug Abuse in 1985. Personal life Roushan married Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1956. Together they had a son, Saad Ershad, and also a daughter, Jebin. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begum Mamta Wahab
Mamta Wahab is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former member of parliament for Mymensingh-4 Mymensingh-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Rowshan Ershad of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mymensingh Sadar Upazila. History The .... She is the older sister of Rowshan Ershad and was arrested on 14 December 1991 after her brother was removed from power. Career Wahab was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. She served as the Deputy Minister of Health. Her sister, Rowshan Ershad, her brother-in-law, Hussain Mohammad Ershad, was the President of Bangladesh. References Jatiya Party politicians 2012 deaths 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Government ministers of Bangladesh Year of birth missing Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad 20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motiur Rahman (educator)
Motiur Rahman (born 9 July 1942) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the Minister of Religious Affairs. Early life Rahman was born on 9 July 1942 in Akua, Mymensingh Sadar Upazila, Mymensingh District in the then Bengal Presidency, British India. He graduated from Akua Model Primary School in 1953. He joined Mymensingh Zilla School in 1957 and then went to Nokla High School. In 1961, he graduated from Ananda Mohan College and in 1964 he earned his undergraduate degree from the same college. In 1967, he graduated with a master's in zoology from the University of Dhaka. Career Rahman started teaching at Nandina College in Jamalpur District and than taught at the Nasirabad College in Mymensingh District. In 1969, he founded the Alamgir Mansur Mintu Memorial College and served as its principal until 2002. In 1971, he fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He taught for while at the Mymensingh College. In 2002, he founded Matiur Rahman Academy School and Coll ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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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