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Netrokona-1
Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Manu Majumdar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona, Durgapur and Kalmakanda Upazila, Kalmakanda upazilas. History The constituency was created in 1984 from the Mymensingh-12 constituency when the former Mymensingh District was split into four districts: Mymensingh District, Mymensingh, Sherpur District, Sherpur, Netrokona District, Netrokona, and Kishoreganj District, Kishoreganj. Ahead of the 2008 Bangladeshi general election, 2008 general election, the Bangladesh Election Commission, Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manu Majumdar
Manu Majumdar (born 14 August 1959) is an Awami League politician and the incumbent 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 B ... member representing the Netrokona-1 constituency since 2019. Early life Majumdar was born on 14 August 1959. Career Majumdar hailing from Kishoreganj, Dhaka was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as an Awami League candidate 30 December 2018 and later became a voter of Netrokona afterwards. He had received 249,738 votes while his nearest rival, Kaiser Kamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 16,332 votes. He is the brother-in-law of the previous member of parliament, Chhabi Bishwas, from Netrokona-1. His nominated was protested by Awami League supporters who described him as an "outsider". Majumder's vehicle was vand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chobi Biswas
Chhabi Biswas (ছবি বিশ্বাস) former politician of Communist Party of Bangladesh who is currently Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Netrokona-1 Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Manu Majumdar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona, Durgapur and Kalmakanda Up .... Early life Biswas was born on 26 May 1951. Career Biswas's political career started as a member of Communist Party of Bangladesh. He participated in the general election of 1991 in Netrokona-1 constituency from Communist Party of Bangladesh and got 3,918 votes which is 3.8% of total votes cast at that time. Later on, He joined Bangladesh Awami League Biswas was elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Netrokona-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate and served till 30 December 2018. In December 2014, he was assaulted i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalmakanda Upazila
Kalmakanda ( bn, কলমাকান্দা), originally Karamakhanda, is an upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Geography Kalmakanda is located at . It has 39275 households in total area 377.41 km2. Demographics According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Kalmakanda had a population of 217,912. Males constituted 49.61% of the population and females 50.39%. Muslims formed 85.48% of the population, Hindus 11.18%, Christians 3.17%, and others 0.18%. Kalmakanda had a literacy rate of 36.58% for the population 7 years and above. As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Kalmakanda has a population of 209,360. Males make up 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. The over 18 population of Upazila numbers 103,227. Kalmakanda has an average literacy rate of 21.4% (7+ years); the national average is 32.4%. Administration Kalmakanda Upazila is divided into eight union parishads: Barakharpan, Kaitali, Kalmakanda, Kharnai, Langura, Nazirpur, Pogla, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi
Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi (born 19 June 1974) is a Public Figure and incumbent member of Parliament from Netrokona-1. In 2008, he was elected as a member of the Bangladesh Awami League nominee in the general election. He is a former AGS and VP consecutively of Ananda Mohan College Central Students Union(AMUCSU) Early life Ruhi was born on 19 June 1974. Ruhi got a scholarship with Talentpool from Netrakona Government Primary School. Then he was admitted to the Government Anjuman School. In 1989, he got 'Star Marks' and passed the secondary examination from Mymensingh Zilla School. Ruhi completed Higher Secondary, Honors and MMS in Ananda Mohan University College respectively in 1991, 1994 and 1996. Career Ruhi was elected to parliament on 29 December 2008 as a candidate of Awami League from Netrakona-1 defeating Kayser Kamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ruhi raised the question of the disappearance of four individuals in his constituency in February 2011 and asked Minister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal Uddin Talukder
Jalal Uddin Talukder (died 25 September 2012) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-12, Netrokona-2 and Netrokona-1 constituencies. Career Talukder was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-12 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1979. He was elected to parliament from Netrokona-2 Netrokona-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Barhatta and Netrokona Sadar upazilas. Hist ... as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1986. He was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 12 June 1996. Death Talukder was shot dead in his home in Netrokona on 26 September 2012. Personal life Talukdar was married to Ayesha Khanam. He had a son, Kutubuddin Talukder Royel. References 1940s births 2012 deaths Awami League politicians 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Karim Abbasi
Abdul Karim Abbasi (born 15 December 1938) is a senior lawyer and Bangladeshi politician. Former Whip and Member of Parliament of Netrokona-1 Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Manu Majumdar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona, Durgapur and Kalmakanda Up .... Career Abbasi was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991, 1996 and 2001. In 2006, he joined Liberal Democratic Party and became senior vice-president of Liberal democratic party References Living people 1938 births Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirajul Islam (principal)
Sirajul Islam () is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Netrokona-1 Netrokona-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Manu Majumdar of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona, Durgapur and Kalmakanda Up .... Career Islam was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as an Awami League and Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988 respectively. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{Mymensingh-politician-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
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