National Assembly Election 2008, in Pabna district,Bangladesh

updated on December 30, 2008

9th National Assembly Election 2008,
in Pabna District,Bangladesh

Pabna district(or zila) comprises of nine administrative units called Thana or Upazila.A total of six parliamentarians represent a total population about 2.1 millions in the Pabna District! Among them, five are directly elected by the people, they happened to be all male in the last 2001,1996 and 1991 election. And one female member for this district was selected according to the constitution.

Related Links
Election Commission	Voter List (courtesy of shushashoner jonno nagorik)
Statistical Data of Pabna	Awami League
Wikipedia article on Pabna	B N P
Banglapedia article on Pabna	Jamaat-e-islami Party

Important Telephone Numbers
Pabna District Election Officer Tel:0088-0731-66309,65900,01818-604719

The Map of Pabna District

Please note that the north sign of the above map is on the upper left of the map.
On the map you can see the Nine Thanas(administrative unit) of Pabna District.
(*the above map is not to the scale,but for approximation 1cm=10km,roughly)

Electoral areawise voters in Pabna District

	Polling		Voters
	Centres	Booths	Female	Male	Total Voters
Pabna-1 Santhia+upperpart of Bera electoral area 68	103	568	1,49,447	1,46,117	2,95,564
Pabna-2 Sujanagar+lower part of Bera electoral area 69	96	451	1,19,132	1,15,854	2,34,986
Pabna-3 Chatmohar+Bhangura+ Faridpurelectoral area 70	156	643	1,63,372	1,57,850	3,21,222
Pabna-4 Ishurdi+Atghoria electoral area 71	115	551	1,44,757	1,40,637	2,85,394
Pabna-5 Pabna Sadar or Pabna proper electoral area72	130	701	1,76,619	1,70,990	3,47,609
District Total	600	2914	7,53,327	7,31,448	14,84,775

The landslide victory of Awami League is also reflected in Pabna.
All 5 seats have been won by this party candidates

Geographical location
(see the above map)

Deatailed map and Unionwise voter no. in 5 election constituencies in Pabna District*

Candidates nominated under respective major party banner

Awami League

BNP,Jamat

Santhia+
upper part of Bera
electoral area 68

Pabna-1
(PDF format)

Shamsul Huq Tuku

Motiur Rahman Nizami
Amir,Jamaat-e-islami

Sujanagar+
lower part of Bera
electoral area 69

Pabna-2
(PDF format)

A.K.Khandaker
Air vice Marshall(retd.)

Selim Reza Habib
of BNP

Chatmohar+Bhangura+
Faridpur
electoral area 70

Pabna-3
(PDF format)

Mokbul Hossain

Saiful Azam
Group Captain(retd.) of BNP

Ishurdi+Atghoria
electoral area 71

Pabna-4
(PDF format)

Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu

Siraj Sardar
of BNP

Pabna Sadar or Pabna proper
electoral area72

Pabna-5
(PDF format)

Golam Faruk Prince

Abdus Sobhan,
Executive Member Jamaat-e-islami

	Other Party cadidates
Pabna-1	Md.Rezaul Karim(NPP),Yasin Arafat(Individual),Md.Shariful Islam(Individual),Sardar Shahjahan(JP), Siddikur Rahman((NPP),Abdul Matin((Islami Andolon)
Pabna-2	Israt Zerin Khan(LDP)
Pabna-3	Md.Khairul Alam(Ganotantri Party),Mir Nadim Md. Dubloo(BJP), Md.Asad U z Zaman(Jaker Party), Md.Abdu Sattar(JP,Ershad)
Pabna-4	Md. Kamruzzaman(Kalyan Party),Md.Solaiman Pramanik(NPP),Md.Haider Ali(JP),AbdulJalil(IslamiAndolon), Md.Ataul Hasan(Krishok Sromik Janataleague),Md.MohiulIslam(Torikat Federation)
Pabna-5	Md. Abdul Matin(JP),Aziz Md. Swapan(Torikat Federation),Md.Sahadat Hossain(Jasad Inu),Arif Billah(Islami Andolon),Mahatab Uddin Biswas(PDP)

Remarks:

* 7,000 Ansar,VDP members will be in charge of security in 600 polling centres in Pabna.

*On the 23rd Dec., Mr.A.F.M Manjoor Kader,Phd,joined as new Deputy Commissioner of Pabna.He is also the returning officer of 5 electoral areas in this district.

* Professor Abu Said(Pabna-1) and Mr. Wazi Uddin Khan(Pabna-5) did not get party nomination this time.

The candidates who won in 2001 are shown in block letters in red box
with the votes are as follows:

Geographical location(see the above map)	Name of the Election Constituency	Candidates nominated under respective banner
Geographical location(see the above map)	Name of the Election Constituency	Awami League	BNP+Jamat+Jatiya Party(MM)+Islami Jote
Santhia+ upper part of Bera electoral area 68	Pabna-1	Professor Abu Said (98,112)	Motiur Rahman Nizami of Jamat (1,35,979)
Sujanagar+ lower part of Bera electoral area 69	Pabna-2	Mirza Abdul Jalil,Phd (85,531)	Selim Reza Habib of BNP (95,723)
Chatmohar+Bhangura+ Faridpur electoral area 70	Pabna-3	Mokbul Hossain (1,12,718)	K.M.Anwarul Islam of BNP (1,24,006)
Ishurdi+Atghoria electoral area 71	Pabna-4	Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu (85,862)	Sirajul Islam Sardar of BNP (64,901)
Pabna Sadar or Pabna proper electoral area72	Pabna-5	Wazi Uddin Khan (1,03,498)	Moulana Sobhan of Jamat (1,42,864)

Remarks:

The 1st October 2001 election was apparently fair and neutral except violance at 2 centers in Sujqanagar and 2 centers in Pabna Sadar.

Record number of voters casted their voted this year.

1996-2001 MPs at a glance

Geographical location (see the above map)	Name of the Election Constituency	Name of the Parliamentarians from 1996 election	Status	Respective Party
Santhia+upper part of Bera	Pabna-1	Professor Abu Said	Ex-state minister of Information	Awami League
Sujanagar+lower part of Bera	Pabna-2	A.K.Khondokar	Retired Air Vice Marshall	Do
Chatmohar+Bhangura+Faridpur	Pabna-3	Wazi Uddin Khan	Fulltime politician	Do
Ishurdi+Atghoria	Pabna-4	Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu	Fulltime politician	Do
Pabna Sadar or Pabna proper	Pabna-5	Prof.M.A.Kadri*	Ex-Vice-Chancellor BB Medical University at Dhaka	Do

*Mr.Rafiqul Islam Bakul from Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP) was the MP in this constituency.
On the 10th Nov.2000,Mr.Bakul died in a road mishap and
this seat became vacant and after a by-election in Feb.2001 Mr.Kadri was elected.

Female voters in a polling booth in Pabna region (file photo)

Related Links
Election Commission	Awami League
Wikipedia article on Pabna	B N P
Banglapedia article on Pabna	Jamaat-e-islami Party

Important Telephone Numbers in Pabna	Bus Time table

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