Kushtia-1

Kushtia-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Kushtia District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	336,119 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 74 Meherpur-2 76 Kushtia-2 →

Kushtia-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Rezaul Haque Chowdhury

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Daulatpur Upazila. ^{[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	Azizur Rahman Akkas	Awami League [4]
	1979	Ahammad Ali	BNP [5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mohammad Korban Ali	Jatiya Party [6] [7]
	1991	Ahsanul Haq Mollah	BNP
	2004 by-election	Bachhu Mollah
	2008	Afaz Uddin Ahmed	Awami League
	2014	Rezaul Haque Chowdhury	Independent
	2018	AKM Sarwar Jahan	Awami League [1]
	2024	Rezaul Haque Chowdhury	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Kushtia-1 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rezaul Haque Chowdhury	62,528	54.2	N/A
	AL	Afaz Uddin Ahmed	52,909	45.8	−12.4
Majority			9,619	8.3	−8.8
Turnout			115,437	37.7	−53.5
	Independent gain from AL

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Afaz Uddin Ahmed	145,063	58.2
	BNP	Md. Altaf Hosen	102,412	41.1
	IAB	Md. Ruhul Amin	869	0.3
	JSD	Md. Ashraf Siddiquie	649	0.3
	BTF	Md. Hafizur Rahman	323	0.1
Majority			42,651	17.1
Turnout			249,316	91.2
	AL gain from BNP

Ahsanul Haq Mollah died in December 2003. ^[11] Bachhu Mollah, his son, was elected in a March 2004 by-election. ^[12]

General Election 2001: Kushtia-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ahsanul Haq Mollah	108,326	49.1	+11.0
	AL	Afaz Uddin Ahmed	103,491	46.9	+19.2
	IJOF	Md. Golam Mostafa	6,056	2.7	N/A
	JSD	Md. Rezaul Haq	1,994	0.9	−1.6
	WPB	Md. Lutfar Rahman Joarder	598	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Md. Kamal Hossain	184	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Moslem Uddin	143	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Janata Party (Hafizur)	Hafizur Rahman Khaja	30	0.0	N/A
Majority			4,835	2.2	−8.2
Turnout			220,822	86.0	−2.7
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Kushtia-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Ahsanul Haq Mollah	64,692	38.1	−0.2
	AL	Afaz Uddin Ahmed	47,053	27.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Korban Ali	36,797	21.7	+4.1
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Yakub Ali	11,657	6.9	−10.3
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Nur Kutubul Alam	4,551	2.7	−2.4
	JSD	Kazi Aref Ahmed	4,293	2.5	−3.5
	Zaker Party	Md. Kamal Hossain	636	0.4	−1.1
	Independent	Md. Matiar Rahman	214	0.1	N/A
Majority			17,639	10.4	−10.3
Turnout			169,893	88.7	+16.3
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Kushtia-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Ahsanul Haq Molla	56,807	38.3
	JP(E)	Korban Ali	26,140	17.6
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Yakub Ali	25,591	17.2
	BAKSAL	Md. Shamsul Alam Dudu	20,327	13.7
	JSD	Kazi Aref Ahmed	8,919	6.0
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Md. Nur Kutubul Alam	7,589	5.1
	Zaker Party	Md. Zahidul Islam	2,264	1.5
	Jatiya Janata Party (Asad)	Md. Hafizur Rahman Khaza	478	0.3
	FP	Abu Bakar	247	0.2
	Independent	AKM Sarwar Jahan	110	0.1
Majority			30,667	20.7
Turnout			148,472	72.4
	BNP gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Kushtia-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. "Kushtia-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
9. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. 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. Aman, Amanur (5 January 2004). "Intra-party rivalry intensifies over ticket for Kushtia-1 by-polls". The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
12. "Alliance candidate heads for victory". The Daily Star. UNB. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
13. "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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