Dinajpur-1

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Dinajpur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
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District Dinajpur District
Division Rangpur Division
Electorate344,065 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created1973

Dinajpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Birganj and Kaharole 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 Kamaruddin Ahmed Awami League [4]
1979 Jamiruddin Sarkar BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Abdul Malek Sarkar Awami League [6]
1988 Anisul Haque Chowdhury Jatiya Party [7]
1991 Md. Aminul Islam Awami League
Feb 1996 Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain BNP
Jun 1996 Abdur Rauf Chowdhury Awami League
2001 Abdullah Al Kafi Jamaat-e-Islami
2005 by-election Manoranjon Shill Gopal Independent
2008 Awami League
2024 Zakaria Zaka Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dinajpur-1 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Manoranjon Shill Gopal 124,31483.3+26.7
WPB Abdul Haq24,97316.7N/A
Majority 99,34166.5+52.3
Turnout 149,28749.0−43.9
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Dinajpur-1 [2] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Manoranjon Shill Gopal 143,09756.6
JI Mohammed Hanif 107,16842.4
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain1,5960.6
IAB Md. Jamal Uddin8980.4
Majority 35,92914.2
Turnout 252,75992.9
AL gain from JI

Abdullah Al Kafi died in September 2005. Independent candidate Manoranjon Shill Gopal was elected in a December by-election. [11]

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JI Abdullah Al Kafi 88,66944.9+31.4
AL Abdur Rauf Chowdhury ৬০,

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30.5−11.7
IJOF Manoranjon Shill Gopal ৪০,৬২১20.6N/A
JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque Sarkar6,8483.5N/A
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain7600.4−0.1
Independent Abdul Malek Sarkar 2790.1N/A
Majority 28,47214.4−5.2
Turnout 197,37485.2+9.4
JI gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Abdur Rauf Chowdhury 60,68142.2−6.1
BNP Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain32,43722.5+10.8
JP(E) Manoranjon Shill Gopal 29,58320.6+13.5
JI Abdullah Al Kafi 19,46313.5−17.1
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain7560.5N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque6900.5N/A
Bangladesh Janata PartyMd. Ahad Ali2830.2N/A
Majority 28,24419.6+1.9
Turnout 143,89375.8+11.9
AL hold
General Election 1991: Dinajpur-1 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AL Md. Aminul Islam 56,19148.3
JI Abdullah Al Kafi 35,59830.6
BNP Md. A. Mannan13,60311.7
JP(E) Md. Anisul Haq8,2037.1
NDP Manoranjon Shill Gopal 2,1941.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque3380.3
Zaker PartyMd. Nazrul Islam2320.2
Majority 20,59317,7
Turnout 116,35963.9
AL gain from

References

  1. "Dinajpur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. 1 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. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "Dinajpur-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 7 March 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. "Manoranjan Shil Gopal (Ind) unofficially elected in Dinajpur-1 by poll". bdnews24.com. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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