Sunamganj district
5 parliamentary seats · 12 upazilas. The current member for each seat, according to Parliament's database.
About Sunamganj district
Sunamganj District is a district located in north-eastern Bangladesh in Sylhet Division.
History
In the ancient period, Sunamganj was part of the Laur Kingdom. After the conquest of Sylhet in 1303 by Muslims under the spiritual guidance of Shah Jalal, Shah Kamal Quhafah established a capital in Shaharpara with the aid of his twelve disciples and his second son, Shah Muazzamuddin Qureshi, who also maintained a second sub-administration office at Nizgaon on the bank of the river Surma, present day Shologhar in Sunamganj town, which was administered by one of his descendants.
People
According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, Sunamganj District had 528,550 households and a population of 2,695,496 with an average 5.09 people per household. Among the population, 614,526 inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 719 people per km2.
Source: Wikipedia, Sunamganj District · CC BY-SA 4.0
Notable people of Sunamganj
- Advaita Acharya, religious leader and author
- Asaddor Ali, writer, researcher and historian
- Shahed Ali, author and novelist
- Abdus Samad Azad, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Syeda Shahar Banu, language activist
- Kakon Bibi, fighter, Bir Protik
- Mahmud Ali, politician
- Nazir Ahmed Chowdhury, footballer
- Nirmalendu Chowdhury, musician, composer, lyricist and singer
- Akshay Kumar Das, East Pakistani state minister of finance
- Ramkanai Das, classical and folk musician
- Shushama Das, folk musician
Map of the district
Boundaries from the Election Commission's description of the seats, drawn on the maps of OpenStreetMap (upazilas), OCHA (city corporations) and geoBoundaries (city wards; BBS, 2015); approximate. Background map from OpenStreetMap. 5 seats; tap an area to open that seat's page.
Seats and their members
Sunamganj is a district in Sylhet division with 5 seats in Parliament: Sunamganj-1 (Dharmapasha, Madhyanagar, Tahirpur and Jamalganj upazilas), Sunamganj-2 (Derai and Sulla upazilas), Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur and Shantiganj upazilas), Sunamganj-4 (Sunamganj Sadar and Bishwamvarpur upazilas) and Sunamganj-5 (Chhatak and Dowarabazar upazilas). In the 13th Parliament the seats are all held by the BNP. In the 12th Parliament (2024), of these seats the Awami League held 4 and an independent 1.
Kamruzzaman KamrulSunamganj-1, BNP
Md Nasir ChowdhurySunamganj-2, BNP
Mohamed Koysor AhmedSunamganj-3, BNP
Nurul IslamSunamganj-4, BNP
Kalim Uddin AhmedSunamganj-5, BNP
Source: Parliament of Bangladesh | Updated 24 October 2026