Chandpur-1 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency is vacant.

Chandpur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictChandpur District
DivisionChittagong Division
Electorate265,966 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
Parliamentary PartyNone
Member of ParliamentVacant
Previous ConstituencyComilla-11 (Constituency 259)
Next ConstituencyChandpur-2 (Constituency 261)

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Kachua Upazila.[2][3]

History

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The constituency was created in 1984 from a Comilla constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chandpur.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one union parishad of Matlab Dakshin Upazila: Narayanpur.[3][6]

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1986 Rafiqul Islam Roni Jatiya Party
1988 A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam
1991 Mesbah Uddin Awami League
February 1996 Abul Hasnat Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan
2001
2008 Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir Awami League
2014
2018
2024 Salim Mahmud

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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Like 153 other constituencies out of the total 300 nationwide, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after 18 parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the election citing unfair conditions for the election.[7][8]

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Chandpur-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir 107,461 56.5 +14.6
BNP A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan 80,872 42.5 −14.8
BIF Abdul Haque 732 0.4 N/A
IAB Md. Muslim 645 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Md. Azad Hossain 491 0.3 N/A
Majority 26,589 14.0 −1.4
Turnout 190,201 86.4 +12.7
AL gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Chandpur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan 85,507 57.3 +22.5
AL Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir 62,537 41.9 +10.2
IJOF Shafiullah Majumder 725 0.5 N/A
Independent A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam 299 0.2 N/A
Bangladesh People's Congress Latif Majumder 91 0.1 N/A
Majority 22,970 15.4 +12.3
Turnout 149,159 73.7 +4.4
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Chandpur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan 34,240 34.8 +4.7
AL Mesbah Uddin 31,214 31.7 +1.0
Independent Rafiqul Islam Roni 16,337 16.6 +2.5
JP(E) Wahidur Rahman 12,555 12.8 −4.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Khandaker Mou. Md. Hurunur Rashid 2,958 3.0 −1.5
BIF Alamgir Shah 569 0.6 N/A
Zaker Party Omar Faruk Majumdar 389 0.4 −1.1
Gano Forum Reza Pahlabi Mazid 116 0.1 N/A
Majority 3,026 3.1 +2.5
Turnout 98,378 69.3 +22.8
BNP gain from AL
General Election 1991: Chandpur-1[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Mesbah Uddin 25,732 30.7
BNP Abul Hasnat 25,232 30.1
JP(E) A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam 14,406 17.1
Independent Rafiqul Islam Roni 11,800 14.1
Jamaat-e-Islami A. Majid 3,785 4.5
WPB Shah Alam 1,300 1.6
Zaker Party Omar Faruk Majumdar 1,291 1.5
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Zaber Miah 302 0.4
Majority 500 0.6
Turnout 83,848 46.5
AL gain from JP(E)

References

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  1. ^ "Chandpur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  5. ^ Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  6. ^ "53 constituencies get new boundaries". The Daily Star. 4 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections". Al Jazeera. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "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.
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