Chapai Nawabganj-1

Chapai Nawabganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chapai Nawabganj District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	416,132 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul
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Chapai Nawabganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shibganj Upazila. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rajshahi-1 constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Moin Uddin Ahmed	Independent [3]
	1988	Mahbubul Alam	[4]
	1991	Shahjahan Miah	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	2008	Muhammad Enamul Huq	Awami League
	2014	Golam Rabbani	Awami League
	2018	Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul	Awami League [5]
	2024	Shamil Uddin Ahmed	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018

General Election 2018: Chapai Nawabganj-1 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul	1,80,078		N/A
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	1,63,650		N/A
	IAB	Md. Monirul Islam	53,154		N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,16,132
	AL hold

Golam Rabbani was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[6]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chapai Nawabganj-1 ^{[1] [7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Enamul Huq	139,308	45.5	+11.4
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	116,673	38.1	-0.8
	Gano Forum	Golam Rabbani	49,896	16.3	N/A
Majority			22,635	7.4	+2.6
Turnout			305,877	92.8	+3.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chapai Nawabganj-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	96,740	38.9	-7.5
	AL	Muhammad Enamul Huq	84,807	34.1	+19.4
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	65,310	26.2	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Alauddin	1,214	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Ittehad Touhidul Idrisi	510	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Syed Ahmmad Biswas	306	0.1	N/A
	Gano Azadi League (Samad)	Md. Nazrul Islam	108	0.0	N/A
Majority			11,933	4.8	-4.7
Turnout			248,995	89.7	+3.6
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chapai Nawabganj-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	93,119	46.4	+8.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazrul Islam	74,144	36.9	-0.9
	AL	Kaium Reza Chowdhury	29,568	14.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Mainul Haque	1,317	0.7	+0.4
	JSD	Abu Bakkar	1,149	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Niamot Ali Niam	1,049	0.5	-0.4
	GAL	Md. Nazrul Islam	255	0.1	N/A
	FP	Md. Khademul Islam	129	0.1	-0.7
Majority			18,975	9.5	+8.0
Turnout			200,730	86.1	+9.2
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chapai Nawabganj-1 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	65,560	37.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Nazrul Islam	62,945	36.0
	Independent	Kaium Reza Chowdhury	41,201	23.6
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Nazrul Islam	1,593	0.9
	Zaker Party	Mamtazuddin	1,559	0.9
	FP	Md. Khademul Islam	1,338	0.8
	JP(E)	Mainul Haq	586	0.3
	Independent	Mostafizur Rahman	147	0.1
Majority			2,615	1.5
Turnout			174,929	76.9
	BNP gain from

References

1. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
4. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "Chapainawabganj-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
6. 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.
7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
9. "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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