Noakhali-1 is a constituency of the

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

(National Parliament) of

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency has remained vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses

Chatkhil Upazila Chatkhil () is an upazila of Noakhali District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh. Chatkhil thana was formed in 1977 and was upgraded into an upazila in 1983. Geography Chatkhil is located at . It has 46,044 household units and a total area 133 ...

and

Sonaimuri Upazila Sonaimuri (সোনাইমুড়ী) is a newly established upazila or sub-district in Noakhali District, Bangladesh. It consists of ten union councils or parishads - Ambarnagar, Amisha Para, Bazra, Deoti, Jayag, Nadana, Nateshwar, Sonaimu ...

but excluding these four

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s of

: Ambarnagar, Baragaon, Bazra and Nateshwar.

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 An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the

2001 Bangladesh census In 2001, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, ten years after the 1991 census. They recorded data from all of the districts, upazilas, and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on populati ...

. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

H. M. Ibrahim was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

Ganatantri Party The Ganatantri Party () is a left-wing political party in Bangladesh. The party is closely aligned with the Bangladesh Awami League. History Suranjit Sengupta was elected to Parliament from Sunamganj-2 on a Ganotantri Party nomination. He left ...

candidate Nurul Islam died days before the 29 December 2008 general election. Voting in the constituency was postponed until 12 January 2009. H. M. Ibrahim, who had earlier withdrawn in favor of Nurul Islam, ran in his place as the Grand Alliance candidate.

Elections in the 1990s

References

External links

* Parliamentary constituencies in Bangladesh Noakhali District Long stubs with short prose {{Bangladesh-geo-stub