Gaibandha-1 Explained

Gaibandha-1
Parl Name:Jatiya Sangsad
District:Gaibandha District
Region Label:Division
Region:Rangpur Division
Electorate:339,149 (2018)
Year:1984
Members:Vacant
Module:Seat no. 29

Gaibandha-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 Sundarganj Upazila.

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1986Hafizur Rahman PramanikJatiya Party
1996Md. Waheduzzaman SarkarJatiya Party (Ershad)
2001Abdul Aziz MiaBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2008Abdul Kader KhanJatiya Party (Ershad)
2014Manjurul Islam LitonAwami League
2017 by-electionGolam Mostafa AhmedAwami League
2018 by-electionShamim Haider PatwaryJatiya Party (Ershad)

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Golam Mostafa Ahmed died in December 2017. Shamim Haider Patwary of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) was elected in a March 2018 by-election.

Manjurul Islam Liton was murdered in December 2016. Golam Mostafa Ahmed of the Awami League was elected in a March 2017 by-election. He defeated Jatiya Party (Ershad) candidate Shamim Haider Patwary, Jatiya Party (Monju) candidate Waheduzzaman, and four other contenders.

Elections in the 1990s

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