{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Mymensingh-8 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = ময়মনসিংহ-৮.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Mymensingh District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Mymensingh Division]] | population = | electorate = 271,196 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = |members_label = MP |members = [[Lutfullahel Majed]] | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Mymensingh-7|152 Mymensingh-7]]}}{{align|right|[[Mymensingh-9|154 Mymensingh-9]] →}} }} '''Mymensingh-8''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Ishwarganj Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Md. Abdul Halim]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Shamsul Huda Chaudhury]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Hashim Uddin Ahmed]] | rowspan="3" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Fakhrul Imam]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Khurram Khan Chowdhury]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Zainul Abedin (politician)|Zainul Abedin]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=List of 6th Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |url-status=live |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 |access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] |[[Abdus Sattar (Mymensingh politician)|Abdus Sattar]] |[[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Shah Nurul Kabir]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Abdus Sattar (Mymensingh politician)|Abdus Sattar]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Fakhrul Imam]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Mahmud Hasan Sumon]] | [[Independent politician|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Lutfullahel Majed]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Fakhrul Imam 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" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Mymensingh-8<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Sattar (Mymensingh politician)|Abdus Sattar]] |votes = 121,163 |percentage = 68.0 |change = +32.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shah Nurul Kabir]] |votes = 57,041 |percentage = 32.0 |change = -10.8 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 64,122 |percentage = 36.0 |change = +28.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 178,204 |percentage = 84.3 |change = +16.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Mymensingh-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Shah Nurul Kabir]] |votes = 59,159 |percentage = 42.8 |change = +22.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Sattar (Mymensingh politician)|Abdus Sattar]] |votes = 48,885 |percentage = 35.3 |change = -1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Shoumendra Kishor Chowdhury |votes = 23,813 |percentage = 17.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = S. M. Iqbal |votes = 6,065 |percentage = 4.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan |votes = 403 |percentage = 0.3 |change = +0.2 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,274 |percentage = 7.4 |change = +6.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 138,325 |percentage = 67.7 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Mymensingh-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Abdus Sattar (Mymensingh politician)|Abdus Sattar]] |votes = 34,029 |percentage = 37.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Rowshan Ershad]] |votes = 32,908 |percentage = 36.0 |change = +11.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Khurram Khan Chowdhury]] |votes = 18,190 |percentage = 19.9 |change = -0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. K. M. Wali Ullah |votes = 5,438 |percentage = 5.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Harun Or Rashid |votes = 398 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.4 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islamic Sashantantrik Andolan |candidate = Mustafa Anowarul Haque Khan |votes = 204 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Gafur |votes = 154 |percentage = 0.2 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ahmmed Hossain Bhuiyan |votes = 113 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,121 |percentage = 1.2 |change = -3.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 91,434 |percentage = 57.7 |change = +12.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Mymensingh-8<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Khurram Khan Chowdhury]] |votes = 18,209 |percentage = 24.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Golam Nabi |votes = 15,095 |percentage = 20.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Akhter Hossain Vuiyan |votes = 13,992 |percentage = 19.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Ganatantri Party |candidate = A. H. M. Khalequzzaman |votes = 13,340 |percentage = 18.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Reza-e-Karim |votes = 9,453 |percentage = 12.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Md. Siraj Uddin |votes = 1,404 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Abdul Gafur |votes = 1,117 |percentage = 1.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Harun Or Rashid |votes = 571 |percentage = 0.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Jainul Abedin |votes = 267 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Saidur Rahman Vuiyan |votes = 193 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Anwarul Kadir |votes = 143 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,114 |percentage = 4.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 73,784 |percentage = 45.0 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Mymensingh-8 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Mymensingh-8&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="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-8 |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="2014results">{{cite news |title=Nat'l election: Number of unopposed winners now 154 |url=http://bangladeshchronicle.net/2013/12/natl-election-number-of-unopposed-winners-now-154/ |newspaper=The Bangladesh Chronicle |agency=UNB |date=15 December 2013 |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515183614/http://bangladeshchronicle.net/2013/12/natl-election-number-of-unopposed-winners-now-154/ |archive-date=15 May 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=151&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=156 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228235224/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=156 |archive-date=28 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> </references>
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