Joypurhat-1

Joypurhat-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Joypurhat District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	399,245 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
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Joypurhat-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Joypurhat Sadar and Panchbibi upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Bogra constituency when the former Bogra District was split into two districts: Bogra and Joypurhat. ^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Abbas Ali Mandal	Awami League [5]
	1988	Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam	Jatiya Party [6]
	1991	Golam Rabbani	BNP
	1996	Abdul Alim
	2008	Mozahar Ali Prodhan
	2014	Shamsul Alam Dudu	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Shamsul Alam Dudu was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[7]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Joypurhat-1 ^{[2] [8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Mozahar Ali Prodhan	164,820	55.3	−8.5
	AL	Khaza Samsul Alam	130,529	43.8	+11.5
	IAB	Dewan Muhammad Zahurul Islam	1,193	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Wazed Parvez	715	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Dewan Bodiuzzaman	659	0.2	−0.1
	Independent	Abdul Aziz Mollah	158	0.1	N/A
Majority			34,291	11.5	−20.0
Turnout			298,074	90.9	+5.8
	BNP hold

General Election 2001: Joypurhat-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Alim	159,830	63.8	+20.7
	AL	Abbas Ali Mandal	80,900	32.3	+3.4
	IJOF	Abul Kalam Azad	8,074	3.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Wazed Parvez	853	0.3	N/A
	CPB	Dewan Bodiuzzaman	677	0.3	+0.2
	JSD	Jalilur Rahman Jillu	180	0.1	N/A
Majority			78,930	31.5	+17.3
Turnout			250,514	85.1	+1.5
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Joypurhat-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Abdul Alim	90,713	43.1	+12.1
	AL	Abbas Ali Mandal	60,768	28.9	−2.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Abbas Ali Khan	37,713	17.9	−9.9
	JP(E)	Md. Abdul Hakim Mondol[ citation needed ]	20,415	9.7	+8.7
	CPB	Md. Badruzzaman	302	0.1	−1.1
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman)	Wazed Parvez	277	0.1	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Bulbul Chowdhury	212	0.1	−0.1
Majority			29,945	14.2	+14.1
Turnout			210,400	83.6	+16.9
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Joypurhat-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Golam Rabbani	48,167	31.0
	AL	Abbas Ali Mandal	48,091	30.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Abbas Ali Khan	43,308	27.8
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Abdul Alim	10,907	7.0
	CPB	Md. Aminul Haque	1,892	1.2
	JP(E)	Khandakar Oliuzzaman Alam	1,592	1.0
	Islami Samajtantrik Dal	Md. Moksedur Rahman	606	0.4
	IOJ	Md. Mukim Uddin	439	0.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Bulbul Chowdhury	345	0.2
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader)	Md. Zaibar Ali Akand	171	0.1
Majority			76	0.0
Turnout			155,518	66.7
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Joypurhat-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. "District Statistics 2011: Joypurhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
5. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. 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.
8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
10. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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