Gopalganj-1

Gopalganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1996 by Faruk Khan of the Awami League.

Gopalganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Gopalganj District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	321,450 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Faruk Khan

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Muksudpur Upazila and seven union parishads of Kashiani Upazila: Kashiani, Mamudpur, Maheshpur, Parulia, Rajpat, Ratail, and Sajail.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Sarwar Jan Chowdhury	Jatiya Party[5]
	1988	M. H. Khan Monjur	[6]
	1991	Kazi Abdur Rashid	Awami League
	Feb 1996	Sharfuzzaman Jahangir	BNP
	Jun 1996	Faruk Khan	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Gopalganj-1^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Faruk Khan	240,304	97.6	+6.0
	JP(E)	Deepa Majumdar	5,863	2.4	N/A
Majority			234,441	95.2	+8.6
Turnout			246,167	89.0	+6.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Gopalganj-1^[2][9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Faruk Khan	183,234	91.6	+13.1
	BNP	Md. Salimuzzaman Molla	9,986	5.0	−5.9
	IAB	Md. Ruhul Amin	6,810	3.4	N/A
Majority			173,248	86.6	+19.0
Turnout			200,030	82.6	+10.5
	AL hold

General Election 2001: Gopalganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Faruk Khan	145,391	78.5	−8.4
	BNP	Md. Mahbbat Jan Chowdhury	20,136	10.9	+7.3
	Independent	Ali Azam	14,755	8.0	N/A
	Independent	Deepa Majumdar	3,680	2.0	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Tayebur Rahman Sharif	828	0.4	N/A
	Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman)	Moshayed Hossain Dhali	396	0.2	N/A
Majority			125,255	67.6	−15.5
Turnout			185,186	72.1	−1.3
	AL hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Gopalganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Faruk Khan	119,536	86.9	+21.8
	JI	A. K. Imdadul Haque	5,236	3.8	−7.7
	BNP	Khairul Baki Mian	4,914	3.6	−5.5
	JP(E)	Julfiqar Ali	3,502	2.5	+2.0
	IOJ	Niamat Ullah	3,124	2.3	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Anwarul Islam	615	0.4	0.0
	Independent	Md. Mosharaf Hossain Dhali	293	0.2	N/A
	Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali)	Sharif Emraul Islam	182	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Bibuti Bhushan Biswas	151	0.1	N/A
Majority			114,300	83.1	+30.0
Turnout			137,553	73.4	+20.7
	AL hold

General Election 1991: Gopalganj-1^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Kazi Abdur Rashid	79,219	65.1
	BAKSAL	Mukul Chandra Basu	14,602	12.0
	JI	A. K. Imdadul Haque	13,992	11.5
	BNP	Khairul Baki Mian	11,136	9.1
	JP(E)	Zulfikar Ali	656	0.5
	Bangladesh Hindu League	Suresh Chandra Biswash	641	0.5
	Independent	Md. Lutfar	484	0.4
	Zaker Party	A. Mannan	475	0.4
	JSD	Azizur Rahman	197	0.2
	Independent	M. H. Khan Monjur	193	0.2
	Independent	Md. Farooq Ahmmad Talukdar	81	0.1
	Bangladesh National Congress	Monindra Sarkar	80	0.1
Majority			64,617	53.1
Turnout			121,756	52.7
	AL gain from JP(E)