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Natore-4
Natore-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2023 by Siddiqur Rahman Patwari of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Baraigram and Gurudaspur. History The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 .... Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 2010s Abdul Quddus 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozammel Haque (Natore Politician)
Mozammel Haque (1955/1956 – 12 January 2023) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-4 constituency during 2001–2006. Career Haque was elected to parliament from Natore-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate in 2001. He received 111,626 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Abdul Quddus of the Awami League, received 79,450 votes. He was the president of Gurudaspur Upazila Gurudaspur ( bn, গুরুদাসপুর) is an upazila of Natore District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography ''Gurudaspur Upazila'' area 199.40 km2, located in between 24°18' and 24°27' north latitudes and in between ... unit of BNP. Haque contested the 2008 general election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party but lost to Quddus of the Awami League. Haque received 115,409 votes while Quddus received 160,549 votes. Haque boycotted the 2014 election along with the rest of Bangladesh National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddiqur Rahman Patwari
Siddiqur Rahman Patwari (born 6 March 1961) is a Bangladeshi politician from the Awami League. He is from Natore District and is a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad representing the Natore-4 constituency. Before being elected uncontested as an MP, he served as upazila chairman of Baraigram. Political life On 16 September 2023, the Awami League nominated Siddiqur Rahman Patwari to contest the Natore-4 constituency by-election scheduled for 11 October. He is also serving as Natore District Awami League health and population secretary. He was formally pronounced the winner of the by-polls on 24 September 2023. He was re-elected in the 2024 Bangladeshi general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in January 2024. Background The current Sangsad ( 11th) is scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024, as the first session of this parliament sat on 30 January 2019 and the tenure of a parlia .... References Living people 1961 births People from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Quddus (politician)
Md. Abdul Quddus (31 October 1946 – 30 August 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He served as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Natore-4 Natore-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2023 by Siddiqur Rahman Patwari of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Baraigram and Gurudaspur. History The cons ... constituency for five terms during 1991–1995, 1996–2001 and finally since 2008 until his death in 2023. Early life Quddus was born on 31 October 1946. Career Quddus was elected to the parliament from Natore-4 for five terms as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. On 17 January 2016, he recovered bribes given to Jubo League and returned them to the villagers, the villagers gave the bribe for electricity connections to their homes. Death Md. Abdul Quddus died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 76. References 1946 births 2023 deaths People from Natore District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekramul Alam
Ekramul Alam was a politician of Natore District of Bangladesh and former member of parliament for the Natore-4 constituency in February 1996. Political life Ekramul Alam was the principal of Bonpara Degree College from its inception. He was former principal of Baraigram Degree College. He was the president and upazila chairman of Baraigram Upazila BNP. He was elected to parliament from Natore-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the maj ... candidate in 15 February 1996 Bangladeshi general election. Death Ekramul Alam died on 26 November 2015. References Year of birth missing 2015 deaths People from Natore District Politicians from Rajshahi Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 6th Jatiya Sangsad members { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, the elections were not free and fair. The BBC News reported that they were marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. Opposition leader Kamal Hossain rejected the results, calling it "farcical" and demanding fresh elections to be held under a neutral government. The Bangladesh Election Commission said it would investigate reported vote-rigging allegations from "across the country." The election saw the use of electronic voting machines for the first time. Electoral system The 350 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consist of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 50 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the proportional vote share ... [...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] |
1991 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, and on 20 March Khaleda Zia was sworn in for her first term as Prime Minister. The elections were described to be free and fair by many international observers, and it played a major role in solidifying Bangladeshi democracy in aftermath of the anti-government protests in late 1980s. Voter turnout was 55.4%. Background In 1990 a popular mass uprising led by future Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina deposed the former Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad from the Presidency in December. Ershad had assumed the Presidency in 1983 following a coup d'état in 1982. The previous parliamentary elections had been held in 1988 and saw Ershad's Jatiya Party win 251 of the 300 seats. However, the ele ... [...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] |
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] |
2001 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be held under the caretaker government concept, introduced in 1996. The result was a win for the Four Party Alliance of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Jatiya Party (Manju) and Islami Oikya Jote. BNP leader Khaleda Zia became Prime Minister. Background The Seventh Parliament headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was dissolved on 13 July 2001, having completed its designated 5-year term (the first parliamentary administration to ever do so) and power was transferred to the caretaker government headed by Justice Latifur Rahman. Electoral system In 2001, the 345 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 seats directly elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and 45 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June 1996 Bangladeshi General Election
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 June 1996. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Awami League, which won 146 of the 300 seats, beginning Sheikh Hasina's first-term as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 74.96%, the highest to date. This election was the second to be held in 1996, following controversial elections held in February a few months earlier. Electoral system In 1996, the 330 members of the Jatiya Sangsad consisted of 300 directly elected seats using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies, and an additional 30 seats reserved for women. The reserved seats are distributed based on the election results. Each parliament sits for a five-year term. Background The June 1996 election marked the second general election to be held within only a four-month period. Previously in February, a general election had been held which was boycotted by all major opposition parties. The opposition were demanding the installation of a neutral caretak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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