Dinajpur-1

Dinajpur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Dinajpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	344,065 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Md Zakaria Zaka
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Dinajpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2005 by Manoranjon Shill Gopal of the Awami League.

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

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Kamaruddin Ahmed	Awami League [4]
	1979	Jamiur Uddin Sarker	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Abdul Malek Sarkar	Awami League [6]
	1988	Anisul Haque Chowdhury	[7]
	1991	Md. Aminul Islam	Awami League
	February 1996	Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
	June 1996	Abdur Rauf Chowdhury	Awami League
	2001	Abdullah Al Kafi	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2005 by-election	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	Independent
	2008	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	Awami League
	2014	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	Awami League
	2018	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Dinajpur-1 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	124,314	83.3	+26.7
	WPB	Abdul Haq	24,973	16.7	N/A
Majority			99,341	66.5	+52.3
Turnout			149,287	49.0	-43.9
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	143,097	56.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Mohammed Hanif	107,168	42.4
	CPB	Md. Altaf Hussain	1,596	0.6
	IAB	Md. Jamal Uddin	898	0.4
Majority			35,929	14.2
Turnout			252,759	92.9
	AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdullah Al Kafi	88,669	44.9	+31.4
	AL	Abdur Rauf Chowdhury	60,197	30.5	-11.7
	IJOF	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	40,621	20.6	N/A
	JSD	Md. Abdul Khaleque Sarkar	6,848	3.5	N/A
	CPB	Md. Altaf Hussain	760	0.4	-0.1
	Independent	Abdul Malek Sarkar	279	0.1	N/A
Majority			28,472	14.4	-5.2
Turnout			197,374	85.2	+9.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Rauf Chowdhury	60,681	42.2	-6.1
	BNP	Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain	32,437	22.5	+10.8
	JP(E)	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	29,583	20.6	+13.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdullah Al Kafi	19,463	13.5	-17.1
	CPB	Md. Altaf Hussain	756	0.5	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Khaleque	690	0.5	N/A
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Md. Ahad Ali	283	0.2	N/A
Majority			28,244	19.6	+1.9
Turnout			143,893	75.8	+11.9
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Dinajpur-1 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Md. Aminul Islam	56,191	48.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdullah Al Kafi	35,598	30.6
	BNP	Md. A. Mannan	13,603	11.7
	JP(E)	Md. Anisul Haq	8,203	7.1
	NDP	Manoranjon Shill Gopal	2,194	1.9
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Abdul Khaleque	338	0.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Nazrul Islam	232	0.2
Majority			20,593	17,7
Turnout			116,359	63.9
	AL gain from

References

1. "Dinajpur-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. "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. "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. 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. "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.

External links

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

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