Nilphamari-1

Nilphamari-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Nilphamari District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	372,535 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
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Nilphamari-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 Dimla and Domar upazilas. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-1 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Mansura Mohiuddin Mukti	Jatiya Party [4] [5]
	1991	Abdur Rouf	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Shahrin Islam Chowdhury Tuhin	BNP
	Jun 1996	NK Alam Chowdhury	Jatiya Party
	2001	Hamida Banu Shova	Awami League
	2008	Jafar Iqbal Siddiki	Jatiya Party
	2014	Aftab Uddin Sarkar	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Nilphamari-1 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Aftab Uddin Sarkar	80,430	82.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Jafar Iqbal Siddiki	15,848	16.3	−43.7
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Khoirul Alam	968	1.0	N/A
Majority			64,582	66.4	+22.9
Turnout			97,246	29.2	−60.5
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Jafar Iqbal Siddiki	179,657	69.5	N/A
	BNP	Rafiqul Islam	67,190	26.0	−3.9
	NAP	Mohammad Jakaria	5,124	2.0	N/A
	Bangladesh National Awami Party	Shafikul Ghaani Shawpan	3,649	1.4	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abdur Rouf	1,088	0.4	N/A
	BSD	Ashrafuzzaman Laku	791	0.3	N/A
	IAB	Abdul Jalil	760	0.3	N/A
	KSJL	Syed Elias Ahmed	360	0.1	N/A
Majority			112,467	43.5	+42.8
Turnout			258,619	89.7	+11.8
	JP(E) gain from AL

General Election 2001: Nilphamari-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Hamida Banu Shova	66,871	33.4	+1.6
	IJOF	NK Alam Chowdhury	65,552	32.8	N/A
	BNP	Shahrin Islam Tuhin	59,805	29.9	+16.2
	Independent	Abdur Rouf	5,707	2.9	N/A
	WPB	Nur Mohammad Khan	1,743	0.9	−0.2
	Independent	Sushanta Misra	309	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,319	0.7	−7.7
Turnout			199,987	77.9	+4.0
	AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	NK Alam Chowdhury	60,444	40.1	+8.9
	AL	Abdur Rouf	47,833	31.8	+0.1
	BNP	Shahrin Islam Tuhin	20,672	13.7	+12.6
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ishak Ali	19,137	12.7	−4.4
	WPB	Nur Mohammad Khan	1,634	1.1	−1.7
	Independent	Abdul Hai Sarker	523	0.4	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Golam Azam Khan	315	0.2	−0.1
Majority			12,611	8.4	+7.8
Turnout			150,558	73.9	+12.2
	JP(E) gain from AL

General Election 1991: Nilphamari-1 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Abdur Rouf	41,218	31.7
	JP(E)	NK Alam Chowdhury	40,492	31.2
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Ishak Ali	22,263	17.1
	Independent	Shafikul Ghaani Shawpan	10,159	7.8
	Independent	Hamida Banu Shova	8,306	6.4
	WPB	Md. Moniruzzaman	3,648	2.8
	BNP	Md. Rezaul Basunia	1,386	1.1
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Golam Sarwar	788	0.6
	FP	Md. Nurunnabi Dulal	736	0.6
	Zaker Party	Md. Motowar Rahman	381	0.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Munir Uddun	300	0.2
	Jatiya Oikkya Front	Abdul Hai Sarkar	259	0.2
Majority			726	0.6
Turnout			129,067	61.7
	AL gain from JP(E)

References

1. "Nilphamari-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 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. "Nilphamari-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
7. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Nilphamari-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

External links

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

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