Rajshahi-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Rajshahi District |
Division | Rajshahi Division |
Electorate | 383,352 (2018) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1973 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Omar Faruk Chowdhury |
Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Omar Faruk Chowdhury of the Awami League.
The constituency encompasses Godagari and Tanore upazilas. [2] [3]
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Moin Uddin Ahmed | Awami League [4] | |
1979 | Shahjahan Miah | Bangladesh Nationalist Party [5] | |
Major Boundary Changes | |||
1986 | Mujibur Rahman | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami [6] | |
1988 | Durul Huda | [7] | |
1991 | Aminul Haque | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | |
2008 | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | Awami League | |
Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 146,786 | 53.1 | +15.0 | ||
BNP | Enamul Haque | 129,450 | 46.8 | -12.3 | ||
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Salahuddin Biswas | 366 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 17,336 | 6.3 | -14.7 | |||
Turnout | 276,602 | 93.0 | +4.4 | |||
AL gain from BNP | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Aminul Haque | 130,631 | 59.1 | +11.4 | |
AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 84,185 | 38.1 | +6.9 | |
IJOF | Md. Jalal Uddin | 5,022 | 2.3 | N/A | |
WPB | Rafiqul Islam | 915 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Aminul Islam | 298 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Jatiya Party (M) | Anowar Iqbal Badal | 88 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 46,446 | 21.0 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 221,139 | 88.6 | +1.5 | ||
BNP hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BNP | Aminul Haque | 83,994 | 47.7 | +4.8 | |
AL | Md. Alal Uddin | 55,003 | 31.2 | +1.5 | |
Jamaat-e-Islami | Mujibur Rahman | 28,453 | 16.2 | -8.8 | |
JP(E) | Rabeya Bhuiyan | 6,915 | 3.9 | +2.4 | |
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mozibur | 631 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | M. M. Sajedun Nabi | 448 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Gano Forum | Bholanath Majhi | 276 | 0.2 | N/A | |
JSD | Abdul Ohab | 270 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Oikkya Prakriyya | Md. Abdus Salam | 112 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 28,991 | 16.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 176,102 | 87.1 | +12.8 | ||
BNP hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Aminul Haque | 61,975 | 42.9 | |||
AL | Md. Mohsin | 42,897 | 29.7 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Mujibur Rahman | 36,058 | 25.0 | |||
JP(E) | Durul Huda | 2,108 | 1.5 | |||
Independent | Muhammad Lutfar Rahman | 1,344 | 0.9 | |||
Majority | 19,078 | 13.2 | ||||
Turnout | 144,382 | 74.3 | ||||
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