Gaibandha-1

Gaibandha-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gaibandha District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	339,149 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Member(s)	Abdullah Nahid Nigar
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Gaibandha-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Abdullah Nahid Nigar

Boundaries

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

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Hafizur Rahman Pramanik	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1996	Md. Waheduzzaman Sarkar	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	Abdul Aziz Mia	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	2008	Abdul Kader Khan	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Manjurul Islam Liton	Awami League
	2017 by-election	Golam Mostafa Ahmed	Awami League
	2018 by-election	Shamim Haider Patwary	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Golam Mostafa Ahmed died in December 2017. Shamim Haider Patwary of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) was elected in a March 2018 by-election. ^[6]

Gaibandha-1 by-election, March 2018 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Shamim Haider Patwary	78,926	53.0
	AL	Afroza Bari	68,913	46.3
	Gano Front	Shariful Islam	676	0.5
	National People's Party	Zia Zaman Khan	399	0.3
Majority			10,013	6.7
Turnout			148,914	44.0
	JP(E) gain from AL

Manjurul Islam Liton was murdered in December 2016. Golam Mostafa Ahmed of the Awami League was elected in a March 2017 by-election. He defeated Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Shamim Haider Patwary, Jatiya Party (Monju) candidate Waheduzzaman, and four other contenders. ^{[8] [9]}

General Election 2014: Gaibandha-1 ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Manjurul Islam Liton	118,152	88.6	N/A
	JP(E)	Abdul Kader Khan	13,044	9.8	-58.6
	Jatiya Party (M)	Mosammat Rezia Begum	1,023	0.8	N/A
	Independent	Md. Sohel Rana Sona	651	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Syeda Khurshid Jahan	484	0.4	N/A
Majority			105,108	78.8	+41.2
Turnout			133,354	44.0	-43.3
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gaibandha-1 ^{[2] [12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Abdul Kader Khan	160,008	68.4	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Aziz Mia	72,093	30.8	-10.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Brien Chandro Shil	1,416	0.6	N/A
	KSJL	Abdul Majid	369	0.2	+0.1
Majority			87,915	37.6	+27.6
Turnout			233,886	87.3	+16.4
	JP(E) gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

General Election 2001: Gaibandha-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Aziz Mia	75,478	40.9	+11.5
	IJOF	Md. Waheduzzaman Sarkar	57,048	30.9	N/A
	AL	Syed Abul Hossain (Khaja)	46,089	25.0	+3.1
	Jatiya Party (M)	Hafizur Rahman Pramanik	3,323	1.8	N/A
	JSD	Md. Ahsan Habib Masud	799	0.4	N/A
	CPB	Biren Sarkar	610	0.3	-0.1
	WPB	Sadekul Islam Dulal	365	0.2	0.0
	BKA	Md. Hafizur Rahman Sarder	219	0.1	0.0
	KSJL	Abdul Majid	169	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Md. Mosaddek Hossain Khan	130	0.1	-0.3
	Ganatantri Party	ABM Shariatullah	82	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Manjurul Islam Liton	23	0.0	N/A
Majority			18,430	10.0	-4.8
Turnout			184,335	70.9	+3.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gaibandha-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Md. Waheduzzaman Sarkar	57,318	44.2	+16.7
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Aziz Mia	38,145	29.4	+7.7
	AL	Md. Moslem Ali Miah	28,374	21.9	+3.1
	BNP	Md. Jakaria Hossain Khandader	2,914	2.2	-2.2
	IOJ	Md. Kazi Moslem Ali	700	0.5	-2.1
	Independent	Md. Mosaddek Hossain Khan	543	0.4	-2.4
	CPB	Md. Nur E Alam Manik	507	0.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Md. Abul Kashem	460	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Abdul Awal Miah	286	0.2	-0.5
	WPB	Sadekul Islam Dulal	208	0.2	-0.4
	BKA	Md. Hafijur Rahman	109	0.1	N/A
Majority			19,173	14.8	+9.0
Turnout			129,564	67.4	+21.1
	JP(E) hold

General Election 1991: Gaibandha-1 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hafizur Rahman Pramanik	28,776	27.5
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abdul Aziz Mia	22,732	21.7
	AL	Golam Mustafa Ahmed	19,660	18.8
	Jatiya Janata Party and Gonotantrik Oikkya Jot	Md. Syed Abul Hossain Khwaza	10,128	9.7
	Independent	Abdus Sattar Sarkar	5,466	5.2
	BNP	Md. Jahangir Alam	4,616	4.4
	Bangladesh Janata Party	Abdul Hai Mondol	4,439	4.2
	Independent	Md. Mosaddek Hossain Khan	2,967	2.8
	IOJ	Md. Kazi Moslem Ali	2,714	2.6
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Moshihor Rahman	1,625	1.6
	Zaker Party	Md. M. A. Awal	727	0.7
	WPB	Sadekul Islam Dulal	627	0.6
	Independent	Azgar Ali Khan	250	0.2
Majority			6,044	5.8
Turnout			104,727	46.3
	JP(E) hold

References

1. "Gaibandha-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.
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6. "JP's Shamim Hyder Patwari won Gaibandha by-polls". The Daily Star. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
7. "By election: AL wins in Nasirnagar, JP in Sundarganj". RTV. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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9. "AL candidate Golam Mostofa wins Gaibandha by-polls". Daily Sun. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
10. "Gaibandha-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
11. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Gaibandha-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
12. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
13. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
14. "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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