{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Noakhali-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = নোয়াখালী-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Noakhali District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 347,671 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Mahbub Uddin Khokon | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = BNP | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Feni-3|267 Feni-3]]}}{{align|right|[[Noakhali-2|269 Noakhali-2]] →}} }} '''Noakhali-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Chatkhil Upazila]] and [[Sonaimuri Upazila]] but excluding these four [[union parishad]]s of [[Sonaimuri Upazila]]: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, Bazra and Nateshwar.<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}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[A. B. M. Musa]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Zafar Imam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Moudud Ahmed]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | 1988 by-election | [[K. M. Hossain]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} |- |rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | rowspan="4"| [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] | rowspan="5"| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |- | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |- | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Mahbub Uddin Khokon]] |- |rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | rowspan="3" | [[H. M. Ibrahim]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Mahbub Uddin Khokon]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === H. M. Ibrahim 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 === [[Ganatantri Party]] candidate Nurul Islam died days before the 29 December 2008 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 12 January 2009.<ref name="bdn12Jan2009" /> H. M. Ibrahim, who had earlier withdrawn in favor of Nurul Islam, ran in his place as the [[Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)|Grand Alliance]] candidate.<ref name="ds5Jan2009" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Noakhali-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Mahbub Uddin Khokon]] |votes = 105,380 |percentage = 54.8 |change = -7.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[H. M. Ibrahim]] |votes = 80,658 |percentage = 41.9 |change = +8.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Abdur Rahim |votes = 3,458 |percentage = 1.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Ziaul Haq |votes = 725 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Golam Moula |votes = 531 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Md. Amin Ulla |votes = 460 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mahbubur Rahman (politician, born 1940)|Mahbubur Rahman]] |votes = 386 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Khandaker Ruhul Amin |votes = 320 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = National People's Party |candidate = Md. Mosarraf Hossain |votes = 221 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Mohammed Harun Rashid |votes = 161 |percentage = 0.1 |change = -0.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Deen Mohammad Buiyan |votes = 50 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 24,722 |percentage = 12.9 |change = -15.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 192,350 |percentage = 77.7 |change = +14.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Noakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] |votes = 57,555 |percentage = 61.9 |change = +15.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Jafar Ahmad Chowdhury |votes = 30,876 |percentage = 33.2 |change = +10.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Shibu Prasad Chandra |votes = 3,897 |percentage = 4.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Tajul Islam |votes = 506 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = S. M. A. Wahab |votes = 177 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,679 |percentage = 28.7 |change = +5.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 93,011 |percentage = 63.1 |change = -3.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Noakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] |votes = 31,187 |percentage = 46.3 |change = +14.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. V. P. Mostofa |votes = 15,440 |percentage = 22.9 |change = +2.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Moudud Ahmed]] |votes = 15,181 |percentage = 22.5 |change = -6.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abu Shakher Md. Zakaria |votes = 4,682 |percentage = 6.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (Marxist-Leninist) |candidate = Mohi Uddin |votes = 311 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Nasir Uddin |votes = 277 |percentage = 0.4 |change = +0.1 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Islami Shasantantra Andolon |candidate = Mohammad Mohsin |votes = 184 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Master Nur Islam |votes = 115 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,747 |percentage = 23.4 |change = +20.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 67,377 |percentage = 66.2 |change = +33.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Noakhali-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]] |votes = 21,418 |percentage = 32.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[Moudud Ahmed]] |votes = 19,508 |percentage = 29.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Rafiq Uddin Ahmad |votes = 13,395 |percentage = 20.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Zafar Ahmed |votes = 9,058 |percentage = 13.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Nurullah Kashemi |votes = 1,360 |percentage = 2.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Osman Gani |votes = 1,114 |percentage = 1.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Kazi Md. Solaiman |votes = 327 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mostafa Bhuiyan |votes = 215 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Abu Lais Ansary |votes = 173 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Inqualab Party |candidate = Ruhul Aamin Chowdhury |votes = 129 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Abduj Jaher Chowdhury |votes = 89 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = NAP (Bhashani) |candidate = Abdul Motaleb |votes = 61 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Khalilur Rahman Majumdar |votes = 57 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Yusuf) |candidate = M. N. Taher Khan |votes = 48 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = M. A. Bari |votes = 48 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,910 |percentage = 2.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 67,000 |percentage = 33.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Noakhali-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Noakhali-1&d=chattogram |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.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 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 |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="bdn12Jan2009">{{cite news |title=BNP's Mahbub wins Noakhali-1 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2009/01/12/bnp-s-mahbub-wins-noakhali-1 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=12 January 2009 |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds5Jan2009">{{cite news |title=SC validates AL nominee's candidature |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-70107 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 January 2009 |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=261&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=269 |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/20081229000950/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=269 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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