Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the
Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of
Bangladesh
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since 2016 by
Jewel Areng
Jewel Nongbak Arengh ( bn, জুয়েল আরেং) is a Bangladeshi Garo people, Garo Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Mymensingh-1. He is the youngest member of parliament and the only Catholic. His f ...
of the
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses
Dhobaura and
Haluaghat
Haluaghat ( bn, হালুয়াঘাট) is an upazila of Mymensingh District in the Division of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Geography
Haluaghat is located at . It has 49520 households and total area 356.07 km2.
There is a border checkp ...
upazilas.
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
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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.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Promode Mankin died in May 2016. Jewel Areng, his son, was elected in a July by-election.
Promode Mankin was re-elected unopposed in the
2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Notes
References
External links
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Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh
Mymensingh District
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