Feni-1

Feni-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Chhagalnaiya, Fulgazi, and Parshuram upazilas.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Noakhali-1 constituency when the former Noakhali District was split into three districts: Feni, Noakhali, and Lakshmipur.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
	1986	Zafar Imam	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	1988
	1991	Khaleda Zia	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Feb
1996 June
2001
2001 by-election	Sayeed Eskander
2008	Khaleda Zia
	2014	Shirin Akhter	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
	2018
	2024	Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim	Bangladesh Awami League
	2026	Rafiqul Alam Majnu	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Rafiqul Alam Majnu	119,904	57.25	+46.25
	Jamaat	S. M. Kamal Uddin	85,615	40.88	+40.88
	IAB	Kazi Golam Kibria	5,323	2.54	+2.54
	JP(E)	Motaher Hossain Chowdhury	940	0.45	+0.45
	BKA	Anwarullah Bhuiyan	310	0.15	+0.15
	BCP	Md. Firoz Uddin Chowdhury	215	0.10	+0.10
	BML	Mahbub Morshed Majumder	188	0.09	+0.09
Majority	34,289	16.37	−61.53
Turnout	209,437	54.31	−20.09
Registered electors	385,652
	BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JSD	Shirin Akter	201,928	88.9	+88.9
	BNP	Munsi Rafiqul Alam Monju	24,972	11.0	−61.2
Majority	17634,956289	7716.937	+66−61.053
Turnout	226209,900437	7454.431	−420.809
Registered electors	305385,055652
	JSD hold

Shirin Akhter was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	114,482	65.4	−6.8
	AL	Faiz Ahmed	58,551	33.4	+7.7
	BDB	Mohalled Ilias Zakaria	1,215	0.7	N/A
	BIF	Mohammed Rafiqul Islam	596	0.3	N/A
	BSD	Rezaul Karim	235	0.1	N/A
Majority	55,931	31.9	−14.6
Turnout	175,079	78.7	+9.6
	BNP hold	Swing	-7.25

Khaleda Zia stood for five seats in the 2001 general election: Bogra-6, Bogra-7, Khulna-2, Feni-1, and Lakshmipur-2. After winning all five, she chose to represent Bogra-6 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. Sayeed Iskander, her brother, was elected in a November 2001 by-election.

General Election 2001: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	103,149	72.2	+16.6
	AL	Zafar Imam	36,763	25.7	+5.1
	Independent	Fazlul Haq Chowdhury	1,018	0.7	N/A
	IJOF	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	688	0.5	N/A
	BIF	Ruhul Amin	449	0.3	+0.1
	BKA	Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan	449	0.3	+0.1
	Independent	Md. Redwan Ullah	166	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Salim Mohi Uddin	162	0.1	N/A
Majority	66,386	46.5	+11.5
Turnout	142,844	69.1	−5.4
	BNP hold	Swing	+10.85

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	65,086	55.6	+16.9
	AL	M. Wazi. Ullah Bhuiyan	24,138	20.6	−4.1
	JP(E)	Zafar Imam	15,897	13.6	−10.4
	Jamaat	Md. Yunus	8,480	7.2	−1.5
	IOJ	Habibur Rahman	1,758	1.5	N/A
	Independent	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	385	0.3	−0.2
	Zaker Party	Abdul Kalam Majumder	300	0.3	−0.2
	BKA	Anowar Ullah Bhuiyan	289	0.2	−0.2
	JSD	Joinal Abedin	265	0.2	−0.2
	BIF	Ruhul Amin	265	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Safiqur Rahman Majumder	156	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Qazi Faruk	133	0.1	N/A
Majority	40,948	35.0	+21.1
Turnout	117,152	74.5	+29.1
	BNP hold	Swing	+10.5

General Election 1991: Feni-1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Khaleda Zia	36,375	38.7	N/A
	AL	Md. Zakaria Bhuiyan	23,250	24.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Zafar Imam	22,601	24.0	N/A
	Jamaat	Md. Yunus	8,163	8.7	N/A
	JSD	Shirin Akhter	1,245	1.3	N/A
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Mujibul Haq	782	0.8	N/A
	Independent	A. T. M. Golam Mawla Chowdhury	517	0.5	N/A
	Zaker Party	Abul Kalam	452	0.5	N/A
	BKA	Anwar Ullah	367	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Mir Abdul Hannan	351	0.4	N/A
Majority	13,125	13.9	N/A
Turnout	94,103	45.4	N/A
	BNP gain from AL

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