Chandpur-1

Chandpur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chandpur District
Division	Chittagong Division
Electorate	265,966 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Parliamentary Party	None
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Previous Constituency	Comilla-11 (Constituency 259)
Next Constituency	Chandpur-2 (Constituency 261)

Chandpur-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kachua Upazila. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Comilla constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. ^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. ^[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Matlab Dakshin Upazila: Narayanpur. ^{[3] [6]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Rafiqul Islam Roni	Jatiya Party
	1988	A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam
	1991	Mesbah Uddin	Awami League
	February 1996	Abul Hasnat	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan
	2001
	2008	Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	Awami League
	2014
	2018
	2024	Salim Mahmud

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Like 153 other constituencies out of the total 300 nationwide, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after 18 parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the election citing unfair conditions for the election. ^{[7] [8]}

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chandpur-1 ^{[2] [9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	107,461	56.5	+14.6
	BNP	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan	80,872	42.5	−14.8
	BIF	Abdul Haque	732	0.4	N/A
	IAB	Md. Muslim	645	0.3	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Azad Hossain	491	0.3	N/A
Majority			26,589	14.0	−1.4
Turnout			190,201	86.4	+12.7
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chandpur-1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan	85,507	57.3	+22.5
	AL	Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir	62,537	41.9	+10.2
	IJOF	Shafiullah Majumder	725	0.5	N/A
	Independent	A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam	299	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh People's Congress	Latif Majumder	91	0.1	N/A
Majority			22,970	15.4	+12.3
Turnout			149,159	73.7	+4.4
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chandpur-1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan	34,240	34.8	+4.7
	AL	Mesbah Uddin	31,214	31.7	+1.0
	Independent	Rafiqul Islam Roni	16,337	16.6	+2.5
	JP(E)	Wahidur Rahman	12,555	12.8	−4.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Khandaker Mou. Md. Hurunur Rashid	2,958	3.0	−1.5
	BIF	Alamgir Shah	569	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Omar Faruk Majumdar	389	0.4	−1.1
	Gano Forum	Reza Pahlabi Mazid	116	0.1	N/A
Majority			3,026	3.1	+2.5
Turnout			98,378	69.3	+22.8
	BNP gain from AL

General Election 1991: Chandpur-1 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Mesbah Uddin	25,732	30.7
	BNP	Abul Hasnat	25,232	30.1
	JP(E)	A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam	14,406	17.1
	Independent	Rafiqul Islam Roni	11,800	14.1
	Jamaat-e-Islami	A. Majid	3,785	4.5
	WPB	Shah Alam	1,300	1.6
	Zaker Party	Omar Faruk Majumdar	1,291	1.5
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Zaber Miah	302	0.4
Majority			500	0.6
Turnout			83,848	46.5
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Chandpur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. 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. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-8108-7453-4.
5. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
6. "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
7. "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
8. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. 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.

External links

• "People's Republic of Bangladesh". Psephos.

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