Rangpur-1

Rangpur-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rangpur District
Division	Rangpur Division
Electorate	287,989 (2018) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
Party	Independent
Member(s)	Asaduzzaman Bablu
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Rangpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Asaduzzaman Bablu.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Gangachhara Upazila and wards 1 through 8 of Rangpur City Corporation. ^[2]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included three union parishads of Rangpur Sadar Upazila: Haridebpur, Pashuram, and Uttam. ^{[3] [4]}

Ahead of the 2018 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include wards 1 through 8 of Rangpur City Corporation. ^{[3] [5]}

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1973	Abdur Rouf	Awami League [6]
	1979	Mashiur Rahman	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
	1979 by-election	Shafiqul Ghani Swapan	Bangladesh Nationalist Party [7]
	1986	Moyezuddin Sarker	Jatiya Party [8] [9]
	Sep 1991 by-election	Karimuddin Bharsa	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	1996	Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	Moshiur Rahman Ranga	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	Hossain Mokbul Shahriar	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2014	Moshiur Rahman Ranga	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2024	Asaduzzaman Bablu	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Moshiur Rahman Ranga was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election. ^[10]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rangpur-1 ^{[3] [11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hossain Mokbul Shahriar	168,989	81.0	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Muhammad Abdul Ghani	28,270	13.6	-14.6
	Independent	Anwarul Islam	8,210	3.9	N/A
	IAB	Md. Khairul Islam	2,101	1.0	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Saif Uddin Ahmed	741	0.4	N/A
	PDP	Md. Abdul Kayum	313	0.2	N/A
Majority			140,719	67.5	+51.2
Turnout			208,624	85.2	+8.6
	JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IJOF	Moshiur Rahman Ranga	77,812	44.6	N/A
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Md. Ruhul Islam	49,278	28.2	+6.8
	AL	Md. Sharaf Uddin Ahmmed	47,109	27.0	+3.6
	Independent	Md. Matiar Rahman	456	0.3	N/A
Majority			28,534	16.3	-10.9
Turnout			174,655	76.6	+7.9
	IJOF gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu	61,373	50.6
	AL	Mesbah Uddin Ahmed	28,373	23.4
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Md. Ruhul Islam	25,923	21.4
	BNP	Ali Md. Jafar	3,610	3.0
	IOJ	Md. Therul Kabi	593	0.5
	WPB	Ruhini Chandra Barman	563	0.5
	Independent	Md. Samsul Alam	327	0.3
	Zaker Party	Md. Mozzamel Haque	206	0.1
	Independent	Md. Mostafa Kamal	163	0.1
	Independent	Md. Mosaddek Hossain	163	0.1
Majority			33,000	27.2
Turnout			121,294	68.7
	JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election: ^[14] Rangpur-1, Rangpur-2, ^[15] Rangpur-3, Rangpur-5, ^[16] and Rangpur-6. ^[17] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them. ^[18] Karimuddin Bharsa, of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected in a September 1991 by-election. ^[19]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-1 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP(E)	Hussain Muhammad Ershad	50,004	56.5
	AL	Md. Mojibar Rahman Pramanik	20,310	22.9
	Jamaat-e-Islami	Shah Md. Ruhul Islam	15,515	17.5
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Md. Sekendar Ali	1,220	1.4
	BNP	Md. Shah Emdadul Haq	695	0.8
	Zaker Party	Md. Ruhul Amin	464	0.5
	WPB	Md. Chad Miah	234	0.3
	UCL	A. K. M. Shirazul Islam	102	0.1
Majority			29,694	33.5
Turnout			88,547	54.3
	JP(E) hold

References

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14. Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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17. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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External links

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