Rajshahi-1

Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.

Rajshahi-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Rajshahi District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	383,352 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1973
← 51 Naogaon-6 53 Rajshahi-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Godagari and Tanore upazilas.^[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	Moin Uddin Ahmed	Awami League[4]
	1979	Shahjahan Miah	BNP[5]
Major Boundary Changes
	1986	Mujibur Rahman	Jamaat-e-Islami[6]
	1988	Durul Huda	Jatiya Party[7]
	1991	Aminul Haque	BNP
	2008	Omar Faruk Chowdhury	Awami League

Elections

General Election 2024: Rajshahi-1^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Omar Faruk Chowdhury	103,592
	Independent	Golam Rabbani	92,419
	Independent	Mahiya Mahi	9,009
	AL hold

Elections in the 2010s

Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.^[9]

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rajshahi-1^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General Election 2001: Rajshahi-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Rajshahi-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Aminul Haque	83,994	47.7	+4.8
	AL	Md. Alal Uddin	55,003	31.2	+1.5
	JI	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

General Election 1991: Rajshahi-1^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Aminul Haque	61,975	42.9
	AL	Md. Mohsin	42,897	29.7
	JI	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
	BNP gain from