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Feni-1

Feni-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictFeni District
DivisionChattogram Division
Electorate305,055 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyNone
Member(s)Vacant
Previous ConstituencyChandpur-5 (Constituency 264)
Next ConstituencyFeni-2 (Constituency 266)

Feni-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the seat has been vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Noakhali-1 constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur.

Members of Parliament

Key

  JP(E)   BNP   AL   JSD

Election Member Party
1986 Zafar Imam Jatiya Party[4][5]
1988
1991 Khaleda Zia Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Feb
1996 June
2001
Nov 2001 by-election Sayeed Iskander
2008 Khaleda Zia
2014 Shirin Akhter Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
2018
2024 Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shirin Akhter was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Feni-1[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 114,482 65.4 −6.8
AL Faiz Ahmed 58,551 33.4 +7.7
BDB Mohalled Ilias Zakaria 1,215 0.7
BIF Mohammead Rafiqul Islam Patwari 596 0.3
BSD Rezaul Karim 235 0.1
Majority 55,931 31.9
Turnout 175,079 78.7
BNP hold Swing -7.25

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[9][10] Sayeed Iskander, her brother, was elected in a November 2001 by-election.[11]

General Election 2001: Feni-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 103,149 72.2 +16.6
AL Zafar Imam 36,763 25.7 +5.1
Independent Fazlul Haq Chowdhury 1,018 0.7 N/A
IJOF A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury 688 0.5 N/A
BIF Ruhul Amin 449 0.3 +0.1
BKA Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan 449 0.3 +0.1
Independent Md. Redwan Ullah 166 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Salim Mohi Uddin 162 0.1 N/A
Majority 66,386 46.5 +11.5
Turnout 142,844 69.1 −5.4
BNP hold Swing +10.85

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Feni-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 65,086 55.6 +16.9
AL M. Wazi. Ullah Bhuiyan 24,138 20.6 −4.1
JP(E) Zafar Imam 15,897 13.6 −10.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Yunus 8,480 7.2 −1.5
IOJ Habibur Rahman 1,758 1.5 N/A
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury 385 0.3 −0.2
Zaker Party Abdul Kalam Majumder 300 0.3 −0.2
BKA Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan 289 0.2 −0.2
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Joinal Abedin 265 0.2 −0.2
BIF Ruhul Amin 265 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) Safiqur Rahman Majumder 156 0.1 N/A
Gano Forum Qazi Faruk 133 0.1 N/A
Majority 40,948 35.0 +21.1
Turnout 117,152 74.5 +29.1
BNP hold Swing +10.5
General Election 1991: Feni-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Khaleda Zia 36,375 38.7
AL Md. Zakaria Bhuiyan 23,250 24.7
JP(E) Zafar Imam 22,601 24.0
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Yunus 8,163 8.7
JSD Shirin Akhter 1,245 1.3
NAP (Muzaffar) Mujibul Haq 782 0.8
Pragotishi Jatiatabadi Dal (Nurul A Moula) A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury 517 0.5
Zaker Party Abul Kalam 452 0.5
BKA Anwar Ullah 367 0.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Mir Abdul Hannan 351 0.4
Majority 13,125 13.9
Turnout 94,103 45.4
BNP gain from AL

References

  1. ^ "Feni-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. ^ "BNP nominees for by-election announced". Gulf News. 22 October 2001. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Khaleda's brother Sayeed Eskander dies". bdnews25.com. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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