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Chittagong-1
Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mosharraf Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Mosharraf Hossain was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Elections in the 1990s Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the June 1996 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Lakshmipur-2 Lakshmipur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by independent politician Mohammad Shahid Islam. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Raipur Upazila and eight union parishad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obaidul Huq Khandaker
Obaidul Huq Khandaker is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was elected a member of parliament from Chittagong-1 in 1979 and February 1996. Career Obaidul Huq Khandaker was elected to parliament from Chittagong-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 51.3%. The Awami League became the main opposition party after winnin ... and 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. He died. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Chittagong District {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamad Ali Jinnah (Chittagong Politician)
Mohamad Ali Jinnah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-1. Career Jinnah was elected to parliament from Chittagong-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1996 and 2001. He joined Liberal Democratic Party in 2006. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Chittagong District Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosharraf Hossain (politician)
Mosharraf Hossain (known as Engineer Mosharraf Hossain; born 12 January 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-1 constituency for the 6th term. He is a Presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League currently and was the president of its Chittagong North District unit before. After his graduation from University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore) in 1966 he joined politics and was elected as a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) of what was then East Pakistan in 1970. He was also the member of Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh. He served as the minister of two portfolios: Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism and Minister of Housing and Public Works. Career In August 2013, Hossain was included in the Awami League Central Working Committee. Cabinet minister After the general election in 1996, Hossain was appointed as the Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism. In 2014, he was appointed as the Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Salek
Abu Salek () is a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-1 Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mosharraf Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila. History The constituency .... Career Salek was elected to parliament from Chittagong-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988. References Jatiya Party politicians Living people 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) {{Chittagong-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamamd Ali Jinnah
Mohamad Ali Jinnah is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Chittagong-1 Chittagong-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mosharraf Hossain of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Mirsharai Upazila. History The constituency .... Career Jinnah was elected to parliament from Chittagong-1 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1996 and 2001. He joined Liberal Democratic Party in 2006. References Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members People from Chittagong District Year of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogra-6
Bogra-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 is vacant. As the Member of Parliament, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party refused to take the oath. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bogra Sadar Upazila. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Members of Parliament Key Elections Elections in the 2010s Nurul Islam Omar was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election. Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakshmipur-2
Lakshmipur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by independent politician Mohammad Shahid Islam. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Raipur Upazila and eight union parishads of Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila: Basikpur, Char Ruhita, Dakshin Hamchadi, Dalal Bazar, Parbati Nagar, Shak Char, Tum Char, and Uttar Hamchadi. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Noakhali constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Mohammad Noman was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Feni-1, Khulna-2 and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogra-7
Bogra-7 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by independent politician Rezaul Karim Bablu. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gabtali and Shajahanpur upazilas. History The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Elections in the 2000s Khaleda Zia stood for three seats in the 2008 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, and Feni-1. After winning all three, she chose to represent Feni-1 and quit the other two, triggering by-elections in them. Moudud Ahmed of the BNP was elected in an April 2009 by-election. Khaleda Zia stood for five seats i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awami League Party formed a fourteen-party Grand Alliance including Ershad's Jatiya Party, while the BNP formed a four-party alliance which included the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami. The election was originally scheduled for January 2007, but it was postponed by a military-controlled caretaker government for an extended period of time. The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Awami League-led grand alliance, which won 263 seats out 300. The main rival four-party alliance received only 32 seats, with the remaining four going to independent candidates. Polling in the constituency of Noakhali-1 was postponed due to the mysterious death of the AL candidate. The election for the seat was held on 12 January 2009 instead and was w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014, in accordance with the constitutional requirement that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the term of the Jatiya Sangshad on 24 January 2014. The elections were not free and fair. They were preceded by a government crackdown on the opposition, with Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia was put under house arrest. There were widespread arrests of other opposition members, violence and strikes by the opposition, attacks on religious minorities, and extrajudicial killings by the government, with around 21 people killed on election day. Almost all major opposition parties boycotted the elections, resulting in 153 of the total 300 seats being uncontested and the incumbent Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina winning a landslide majority. Hasina became the first prime minister in the history of Bangladesh to be re-elected to ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilip Barua
Dilip Barua (born 28 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the general secretary of the Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marksbadi-Leninbadi) ('Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)'). In January 2009, Barua was named Minister of Industries in the cabinet of Sheikh Hasina. Early life and education Barua was born on 28 February 1949. He completed his BSc (honours) in physics, MSc from the Dhaka University. He obtained MA, Diploma in journalism and LLB from the same university. Career Barua was a leader of the East Pakistan Students Union from 1966 to 1970. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1969 and elected member of the Dhaka City Committee of the Party in 1972. He was the President of the Jubo Federation during 1977–1979. Barua is one of the architects of 14-party alliance. He played a vital role in the formulation of 31-point reforms of caretaker government A caretaker government is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jatiya Sangsad
The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called Member of Parliament, or MP. The 11th National Parliamentary Election was held on 30 December 2018. Elections to the body are held every five years, unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. The leader of the party (or alliance of parties) holding the majority of seats becomes the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and so the head of the government. The President of Bangladesh, the ceremonial head of state, is chosen by Parliament. Since the December 2008 national election, the current majority party is the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. Etymology The Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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