{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Habiganj-1 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = হবিগঞ্জ-১.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Habiganj District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Sylhet Division]] |population = |electorate = 365,018 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = |members = [[Reza Kibria]] |party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> |party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |next = |previous = Sylhet-8 |module = {{align|left|← [[Moulvibazar-4|238 Moulvibazar-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Habiganj-2|240 Habiganj-2]] →}} }} '''Habiganj-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bahubal Upazila|Bahubal]] and [[Nabiganj Upazila|Nabiganj]] upazilas, integrating these areas within a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from the Sylhet-8 constituency when the former Sylhet District was split into four districts: [[Sunamganj District|Sunamganj]], [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]], [[Moulvibazar District|Moulvibazar]], and [[Habiganj District|Habiganj]].<ref name="district-stats" />
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]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] |[[Abdul Moshabbir]] |[[Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury (Bangladeshi politician)|Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] | [[Sheikh Sujat Mia]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="feb1996results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Dewan Farid Gazi]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 2011 by-election | [[Sheikh Sujat Mia]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Abdul Munim Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Amatul Kibria Keya Chowdhury]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Reza Kibria]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Abdul Munim Chowdhury was elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
Dewan Farid Gazi died in November 2010. Sheikh Sujat Mia of the BNP was elected in a January 2011 by-election, defeating Awami League candidate Mushfiq Hussain Chowdhury and Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Abdul Munim Chowdhury.<ref name="ds28Jan2011" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Habiganj-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dewan Farid Gazi]] |votes = 152,080 |percentage = 64.0 |change = +23.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sheikh Sujat Mia]] |votes = 79,488 |percentage = 33.5 |change = -2.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish |candidate = Nezam Uddin |votes = 4,106 |percentage = 1.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Socialist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Junayed Miah |votes = 1,157 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Dewan Sayed Mohammad Abdul Ahad Chowdhury |votes = 719 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 72,592 |percentage = 30.6 |change = +26.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 237,550 |percentage = 83.3 |change = +12.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Habiganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dewan Farid Gazi]] |votes = 74,693 |percentage = 40.1 |change = +1.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sheikh Sujat Mia]] |votes = 66,137 |percentage = 35.5 |change = +15.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury (Bangladeshi politician)|Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 43,453 |percentage = 23.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Yakub Ali |votes = 872 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Sahid Mia |votes = 621 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Junaed Ahmed |votes = 470 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,556 |percentage = 4.6 |change = -1.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 186,246 |percentage = 70.8 |change = +2.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Habiganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Dewan Farid Gazi]] |votes = 52,940 |percentage = 38.3 |change = -0.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury (Bangladeshi politician)|Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 44,113 |percentage = 31.9 |change = -7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Sheik Sujat Mia]] |votes = 27,248 |percentage = 19.7 |change = +7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Nizam Uddin |votes = 7,670 |percentage = 5.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Golam Rahman Chowdhury |votes = 3,393 |percentage = 2.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Qari Lutfar Rahman Helal |votes = 862 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Sahid Mia |votes = 676 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -1.8 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Faisal Soheb |votes = 666 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -0.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. A. Samit |votes = 514 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Abdul Hannan |votes = 188 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 8,827 |percentage = 6.4 |change = +3.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 138,270 |percentage = 68.0 |change = +22.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Habiganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury (Bangladeshi politician)|Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury]] |votes = 41,957 |percentage = 39.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Farid Gazi]] |votes = 38,927 |percentage = 36.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Faruk Bakht Chowdhury |votes = 13,416 |percentage = 12.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Aziz Chowdhury |votes = 8,975 |percentage = 8.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Abdul Mosabbir |votes = 2,520 |percentage = 2.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Faisal Soheb |votes = 649 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khalilur Rahman |votes = 430 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Nizam-e-Islam Party |candidate = Rakib Uddin Chowdhury |votes = 288 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Khaleq |votes = 154 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,030 |percentage = 2.8 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 107,316 |percentage = 45.4 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Habiganj-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Habiganj-1&d=sylhet |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |format=PDF |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Sylhet.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Sylhet |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="feb1996results">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|title=List of 6th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="ds28Jan2011">{{cite news |title=BNP bags one of 2 AL seats in JS |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-171860 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=28 January 2011 |access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=231&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=238 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234836/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=238 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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