Chandpur-1 Explained

Chandpur-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Chandpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Chittagong Division
Electorate:265,966 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:Salim Mahmud
Party:Awami League

Chandpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2024 by Salim Mahmud of the Awami League.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Kachua Upazila.

History

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. The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.

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.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986Rafiqul Islam RoniJatiya Party
1988A. K. S. M. Shahidul IslamJatiya Party
1991Mesbah UddinAwami League
February 1996Abul HasnatBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque MilanBangladesh Nationalist Party
2008Muhiuddin Khan AlamgirAwami League
2024Salim MahmudAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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.[1]

Elections in the 1990s

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2 December 2013 . Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections . 9 March 2022 . Al Jazeera.