PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 1 OCTOBER 2001 ================================================================== Elections to the Jatiya Samsada (National Parliament) Source: Bangladesh Election Commission VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ================================================================== All candidates of the BAL, BJD, JIB and JD(E) are shown, as are other candidates polling more than 5% of the vote. Others have been aggregated as "other." Candidates are shown in English alphabetical order by their last name. Constituencies are shown in the order set down by the Election Commission, organised by Adminstrative Division and by District within each Division. SYLHET DIVISION ================================================================== 223 SUNAMGONJ-1 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 295,933 Total votes cast: 228,058 77.1% Rejected votes: 2,483 01.1% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sree Suranjit Sen Gupta BAL 95,574 42.4 Muhammad Ali Hossain JD(E) 1,224 00.5 Nazir HOSSAIN BJD 128,448 56.9 1 other 329 00.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 225,575 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 224 SUNAMGONJ-2 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 188,742 Total votes cast: 151,737 80.4% Rejected votes: 1,337 00.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sheikh Jahir Ali JD(E) 1,185 00.8 Muhammad Nasir Uddin Chowdhury * BJD 66,524 44.2 Sree Suranjit Sen GUPTA BAL 82,691 55.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 150,400 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chowdhury was elected as a JD member in 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 225 SUNAMGONJ-3 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 210,785 Total votes cast: 152,731 72.4% Rejected votes: 1,346 00.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alhaj Abdus Samad AZAD * BAL 69,428 45.9 Abu Khaled Chowdhury JD(E) 17,738 11.7 Mau Shahinoor Pasha Chowdhury BJD 63,315 41.8 4 others 904 00.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 151,385 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 226 SUNAMGONJ-4 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 194,270 Total votes cast: 145,629 75.1% Rejected votes: 1,798 01.2% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dewan Samsul Abedin BAL 51,864 36.0 Mamtaz Iqbal Chowdhury JD(E) 30,160 21.0 Muhammad Fazlul HAQ * BJD 61,807 43.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 143,831 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 227 SUNAMGONJ-5 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 298,407 Total votes cast: 209,728 70.3% Rejected votes: 1,496 00.7% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Kalim Uddin AHMAD BJD 113,660 54.6 Muhammad Muhibur Rahman Manik * BAL 83,500 40.1 Abdul Mazid JD(E) 9,523 04.6 2 others 1,549 00.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 208,232 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 228 SYLHET-1 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 368,697 Total votes cast: 249,271 67.6% Rejected votes: 2,161 00.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ A Mukit Khan JD(E) 16,615 06.7 Abul Mal Abdul Muhit BAL 93,218 37.7 Muhammad Saifur RAHMAN BJD 133,313 53.9 9 others 3,964 01.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 247,110 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 229 SYLHET-2 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 263,313 Total votes cast: 191,282 72.6% Rejected votes: 1,277 00.5% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ M Elias ALI BJD 103,460 54.4 Muhibur Rahman JD(E) 27,905 14.7 Shah Azizur Rahman * BAL 55,289 29.1 3 others 3,351 01.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 190,005 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 230 SYLHET-3 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 162,209 Total votes cast: 119,259 73.5% Rejected votes: 669 00.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alhaj Shafi Ahmad CHOWDHURY BJD 55,993 47.2 Mahmud Us-Samad Chowdhury BAL 44,338 38.3 Abdul Mukit Khan * JD(E) 15,402 13.0 7 others 2,857 02.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 118,590 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 231 SYLHET-4 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 194,931 Total votes cast: 138,864 71.2% Rejected votes: 1,173 00.8% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Imran Ahmad BAL 47,608 34.6 Kazi Kamal Ahmad JD(E) 8,171 05.9 Muhammad Ali 19,256 14.0 Dilder Hossain SALIM + BJD 62,324 45.3 1 other 332 00.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 137,691 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 232 SYLHET-5 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 239,906 Total votes cast: 160,133 66.7 Rejected votes: 1,866 11.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Farid Uddin CHOWDHURY * JIB 77,750 49.1 M R Haq JD(E) 23,538 14.9 Hafiz Ahmad Majumder BAL 52,885 33.4 3 others 4,094 02.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 158,267 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 233 SYLHET-6 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 273,585 Total votes cast: 191,073 69.8% Rejected votes: 3,139 01.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Syed Makbul HOSSAIN 76,513 40.7 Alhaj Muhammad Kunu Mia JD(E) 27,588 14.7 Nurul Islam Nahid * BAL 71,509 38.0 10 others 12,324 06.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 187,934 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 234 MOULAVI BAZAR-1 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 128,787 Total votes cast: 104,209 80.9% Rejected votes: 626 00.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Makhaddas Ali JD(E) 6,767 06.5 Ebadur Rahman CHOWDHURY BJD 49,278 47.6 Muhammad Shahab Uddin * BAL 47,538 45.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 103,583 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 235 MOULAVI BAZAR-2 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 216,302 Total votes cast: 174,302 80.6% Rejected votes: 1,423 00.8% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sultan Muhammad Mansur Ahmad * BAL 71,803 41.5 Muhammad Shawkatul Islam JD(E) 7,312 04.2 Shafiqur Rahman JIB 12,415 07.2 M M SHAHIN 78,667 45.5 5 others 2,682 01.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 172,879 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 236 MOULAVI BAZAR-3 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 277,624 Total votes cast: 209,431 75.4% Rejected votes: 734 00.3% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Muhammad Suleman Khan JD(E) 4,011 01.9 Azizur Rahman BAL 95,319 45.7 Muhammad Saifur RAHMAN * BJD 108,511 52.0 2 others 856 00.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 208,697 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 237 MOULAVI BAZAR-4 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 287,684 Total votes cast: 220,818 76.7% Rejected votes: 2,184 01.0% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury 70,407 32.2 Muhammad Askir Mia JD(E) 17,230 07.9 Muhammad Mahsin Mia BJD 34,770 15.9 Alhaj Muhammad A SHAHID * BAL 95,938 43.9 1 other 289 00.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 218,634 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 238 HOBIGONJ-1 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 262,895 Total votes cast: 187,831 71.4% Rejected votes: 1,802 00.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury JD(E) 43,209 23.2 Dewan Farid GAZI * BAL 74,478 40.0 Sheikh Sujat Mia BJD 66,383 35.7 3 others 1,959 01.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 186,029 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 239 HOBIGONJ-2 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 224,854 Total votes cast: 164,834 73.3% Rejected votes: 1,945 01.2% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Muhammad Nurul Amin Chowdhury BJD 50,014 30.7 Zakaria Chowdhury 28,320 17.4 Nazmul Hasan JAHED + BAL 50,361 30.9 Shankar Pal JD(E) 32,874 20.2 4 others 4,320 02.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 162,889 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 240 HOBIGONJ-3 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 235,737 Total votes cast: 175,886 74.6% Rejected votes: 1,607 00.9% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Abu Laice Muhammad Mubin Chowdhury * BJD 69,303 39.8 Muhammad Azizul Haque JD(E) 19,797 11.4 Shah A M S KIBRIA BAL 83,107 47.7 6 others 2,072 01.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 174,279 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chowdhury was elected as a JD member in 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 241 HOBIGONJ-4 ================================================================== Total number of voters: 311,287 Total votes cast: 240,157 77.1% Rejected votes: 2,646 01.1% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------ Alhaj S M Faisal BJD 93,031 39.2 Enamul HAQ * BAL 107,376 45.2 Syed Muhammad Kaiser JD(E) 32,446 13.7 5 others 4,658 02.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 237,511 ------------------------------------------------------------------