{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Mymensingh-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ময়মনসিংহ-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Mymensingh District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Mymensingh Division]] | population = | electorate = 377,296 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | members = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Sherpur-3|145 Sherpur-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Mymensingh-2|147 Mymensingh-2]] →}} }} '''Mymensingh-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Haluaghat Upazila]] and [[Dhobaura Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
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}}" | | [[1970 Bangladeshi general election|1970]] | [[Kudrat Ullah Mondal]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1970results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Kudrat Ullah Mondal]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Tafazzal Hossain Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Md. Emdadul Haque]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Promode Mankin]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] | [[Afzal H. Khan]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Promode Mankin]] | rowspan="2" | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 2016 by-election | [[Jewel Areng]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Mahmudul Haque Sayem]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Salman Omar Rubel]] |[[Independent politician|Independent]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Promode Mankin died in May 2016. Jewel Areng, his son, was elected in a July by-election.<ref name="ds19Jul2016" />
{{Election box begin | title=Mymensingh-1 by-election, 2016<ref name="ds19Jul2016" /><ref name="bk19Jul2016" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Jewel Areng]]<ref group=note name="Areng2016votes" /> |votes = 170,234 |percentage = 91.6 |change = +31.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Selima Khatun |votes = 14,338 |percentage = 7.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Sohrab Uddin Khan<ref group=note name="2016inconsistent" /> |votes = 1,586 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 155,846 |percentage = 83.8 |change = +62.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 185,896 |percentage = 51.3 |change = -44.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
Promode Mankin was re-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" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Mymensingh-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Promode Mankin]] |votes = 142,981 |percentage = 60.1 |change = +21.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Afzal H. Khan]] |votes = 91,345 |percentage = 38.4 |change = +5.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ali Akbar |votes = 3,487 |percentage = 1.5 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 51,636 |percentage = 21.7 |change = +16.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 237,813 |percentage = 95.6 |change = +20.3 }} {{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]]: Mymensingh-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Promode Mankin]] |votes = 47,873 |percentage = 38.2 |change = +7.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Afzal H. Khan]] |votes = 41,280 |percentage = 32.9 |change = +1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Ali Azgar |votes = 35,770 |percentage = 28.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Habibur Rahman |votes = 416 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 6,593 |percentage = 5.3 |change = -6.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 125,339 |percentage = 75.3 |change = +5.4 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Mymensingh-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Afzal H.Khan]] |votes = 42,349 |percentage = 43.2 |change = +20.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Promode Mankin]] |votes = 30,410 |percentage = 31.0 |change = -5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Md. Emdadul Haque]] |votes = 22,259 |percentage = 22.7 |change = -3.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Hafizur Rahman |votes = 2,015 |percentage = 2.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abu Sayed |votes = 629 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abdus Samad Miah |votes = 333 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = National Awami Party |candidate = Md. Dewan Sirajul Islam Sarnali |votes = 125 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,939 |percentage = 12.2 |change = +1.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 98,120 |percentage = 69.9 |change = +17.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Mymensingh-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Promode Mankin]] |votes = 27,191 |percentage = 36.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Md. Emdadul Haq]] |votes = 19,390 |percentage = 26.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Tafazzal Hossain Khan]] |votes = 17,171 |percentage = 23.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Ali Azgar |votes = 9,878 |percentage = 13.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. Samad |votes = 689 |percentage = 0.9 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 7,801 |percentage = 10.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 74,319 |percentage = 52.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=note|refs= <ref group=note name="Areng2016votes">Some sources report a slightly higher 2016 vote count for Areng, 170,270.</ref> <ref group=note name="2016inconsistent">The only sources that report on the third place finisher are internally inconsistent, but the discrepancies in their figures are not large enough to change the outcome.</ref> }}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Mymensingh-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Mymensingh-1&d=mymensingh |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="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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/Bangla/ElectionResults.php?Parameter_QLSCat_ID=&cons=141&submit1=Show&electionid=1&electionName=Parliament+Election+1973 |title=Parliament Election 1973: Constituency wise Result of Mymensingh-1 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> Bangladesh Election Commission |date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014517/http://www.ec.org.bd/Bangla/ElectionResults.php?Parameter_QLSCat_ID=&cons=141&submit1=Show&electionid=1&electionName=Parliament+Election+1973 |archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</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="ds19Jul2016">{{cite news |title=AL wins by-polls in Mymensingh |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/al-wins-mymensingh-elections-1255924 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=16 July 2016 |access-date=12 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="bk19Jul2016">{{cite news |script-title=bn:ময়মনসিংহের দুটি উপনির্বাচনে আওয়ামী লীগ প্রার্থী বিজয়ী |title=Maẏamanasinhēra duṭi upanirbācanē ā'ōẏāmī līga prārthī bijaẏī |trans-title=Awami League candidate winners of Mymensingh by two by-polls |url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.net/print-edition/2016/07/19/98292.php |language=bn |newspaper=[[Bhorer Kagoj]] |date=19 July 2016}}</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}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=141&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=149 |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/20081229002919/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=149 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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