Dinajpur-1 Explained

Dinajpur-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Dinajpur District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rangpur Division
Electorate:344,065 (2018)
Year:1973
Module:Seat no. 6

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

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Birganj and Kaharole upazilas.

History

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1973Kamaruddin AhmedAwami League
1979Jamiur Uddin SarkerBangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
1986Abdul Malek SarkarAwami League
1988Anisul Haque Chowdhury
1991Md. Aminul IslamAwami League
February 1996Syed Ahmed Reza HossainBangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996Abdur Rauf ChowdhuryAwami League
2001Abdullah Al KafiBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2005 by-electionManoranjon Shill GopalIndependent
2008Manoranjon Shill GopalAwami League
2014Manoranjon Shill GopalAwami League
2018Manoranjon Shill GopalAwami League

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Abdullah Al Kafi died in September 2005. Independent candidate Manoranjon Shill Gopal was elected in a December by-election.

Elections in the 1990s

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