Rajshahi-1

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
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictRajshahi District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate383,352 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Omar Faruk Chowdhury

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Godagari and Tanore upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Moin Uddin Ahmed Awami League[4]
1979 Shahjahan Miah Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
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

Elections in the 2010s

Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[8]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Rajshahi-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Omar Faruk Chowdhury 146,786 53.1 +15.0
BNP Aminul 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
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Rajshahi-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Aminul Haque 130,631 59.1 +11.4
Awami League Omar Faruk Chowdhury 84,185 38.1 +6.9
IJOF Md. Jalal Uddin 5,022 2.3 N/A
Workers Party 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
General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Aminul Haque 83,994 47.7 +4.8
Awami League 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
JSD (R) 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
General Election 1991: Rajshahi-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Aminul Haque 61,975 42.9
Awami League 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
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References
  1. "Rajshahi-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. "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.


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