Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Omar Faruk Chowdhury of the Awami League.
Rajshahi-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Rajshahi District |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate | 383,352 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Omar Faruk Chowdhury |
Boundaries edit
The constituency encompasses Godagari and Tanore upazilas.[2][3]
History edit
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament edit
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Moin Uddin Ahmed | Awami League[4] | |
1979 | Shahjahan Miah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mujibur Rahman | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[6] | |
1988 | Durul Huda | [7] | |
1991 | Aminul Haque | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | Awami League |
Elections edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 103,592 | |||
Independent | Golam Rabbani | 92,419 | |||
Independent | Mahiya Mahi | 9,009 | |||
AL hold |
Elections in the 2010s edit
Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]
Elections in the 2000s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 146,786 | 53.1 | +15.0 | ||
BNP | Enamul Haque | 129,450 | 46.8 | -12.3 | ||
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Salahuddin Biswas | 366 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 17,336 | 6.3 | -14.7 | |||
Turnout | 276,602 | 93.0 | +4.4 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Aminul Haque | 130,631 | 59.1 | +11.4 | |
AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 84,185 | 38.1 | +6.9 | |
IJOF | Md. Jalal Uddin | 5,022 | 2.3 | N/A | |
WPB | Rafiqul Islam | 915 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Aminul Islam | 298 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Anowar Iqbal Badal | 88 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 46,446 | 21.0 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 221,139 | 88.6 | +1.5 | ||
BNP hold |
Elections in the 1990s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Aminul Haque | 83,994 | 47.7 | +4.8 | |
AL | Md. Alal Uddin | 55,003 | 31.2 | +1.5 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Mujibur Rahman | 28,453 | 16.2 | -8.8 | |
JP(E) | Rabeya Bhuiyan | 6,915 | 3.9 | +2.4 | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mozibur | 631 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | M. M. Sajedun Nabi | 448 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Gano Forum | Bholanath Majhi | 276 | 0.2 | N/A | |
JSD | Abdul Ohab | 270 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Oikkya Prakriyya | Md. Abdus Salam | 112 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 28,991 | 16.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 176,102 | 87.1 | +12.8 | ||
BNP hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Aminul Haque | 61,975 | 42.9 | |||
AL | Md. Mohsin | 42,897 | 29.7 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Mujibur Rahman | 36,058 | 25.0 | |||
JP(E) | Durul Huda | 2,108 | 1.5 | |||
Independent | Muhammad Lutfar Rahman | 1,344 | 0.9 | |||
Majority | 19,078 | 13.2 | ||||
Turnout | 144,382 | 74.3 | ||||
BNP gain from |
References edit
- ^ "Rajshahi-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Mahiya Mahi affirms strength despite losing election". Dhaka Tribune. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links edit
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