Chuadanga-1

Chuadanga-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Solaiman Haque Joarder of the Awami League.

Chuadanga-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChuadanga District
DivisionKhulna Division
Electorate437,845 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Solaiman Haque Joarder

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Alamdanga Upazila, Chuadanga Municipality, and five union parishads of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila: Alokdia, Kutubpur, Mominpur, Padmabila, and Shankar Chandra.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Kushtia-7 constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Makbul Hossain Jatiya Party[5]
1988 Mohammad Shahjahan [6]
1991 Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali Bangladesh Nationalist Party
1996 Shamsuzzaman Dudu Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 Shahidul Islam Biswas Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Solaiman Haque Joarder Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Chuadanga-1[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Solaiman Haque Joarder 145,134 87.8 +31.3
JSD (R) Md. Sobed Ali 20,108 12.2 N/A
Majority 125,026 75.7 +61.1
Turnout 165,242 41.6 -50.5
Awami League hold

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Chuadanga-1[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Solaiman Haque Joarder 184,793 56.5 +15.1
BNP Shahidul Islam Biswas 136,889 41.8 -13.7
IAB Asad-Uzzaman Sardar 5,027 1.5 N/A
National People's Party Idris Chowdhury 579 0.2 N/A
Majority 47,904 14.6 +0.5
Turnout 327,288 92.1 +5.1
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chuadanga-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Shahidul Islam Biswas 151,763 55.5 +13.9
Awami League Solaiman Haque Joarder 113,333 41.4 +5.5
Independent Mir Shamsuzzoha 6,381 2.3 N/A
IJOF Sohrab Hossain 1,487 0.5 N/A
Ganatantri Party Md. Khandokar Motaharul Islam 343 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Abul Hossain Nantu 185 0.1 N/A
Majority 38,430 14.1 +8.4
Turnout 273,492 87.0 +2.4
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Chuadanga-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Shamsuzzaman Dudu 89,786 41.6 +6.9
Awami League Solaiman Haque Joarder 77,489 35.9 +2.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Abdul Khaleq 35,365 16.4 N/A
JP(E) Md. Saiful Islam Pinu 5,212 2.4 N/A
JSD (R) Md. Touhid Hossain 3,403 1.6 +1.2
IOJ Moulana Yunus Ali 3,034 1.4 N/A
Workers Party Md. Mokhlesur Rahman 615 0.3 -0.4
Independent M. Sanwar Hossain 298 0.1 N/A
BKA Nurur Rahman 253 0.1 N/A
FP Mohammad Bazlul Huda 129 0.1 -27.8
Independent Md. Nazrul Islam 100 0.0 N/A
Majority 12,297 5.7 +4.5
Turnout 215,684 84.6 +16
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Chuadanga-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali 55,387 34.7
Awami League Solaiman Haque Joarder 53,535 33.5
FP Mohammad Bazlul Huda 44,630 27.9
Zaker Party A Bari 4,456 2.8
Workers Party Bablu Rahman 1,145 0.7
JSD (R) Mohammad Shahjahan 595 0.4
Majority 1,852 1.2
Turnout 159,748 68.6
BNP gain from [[|N/A]]
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References
  1. "Chuadanga-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8108-8024-5.
  5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "Chuadanga-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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