Kurigram-1 Explained

Kurigram-1
Parl Name:	Jatiya Sangsad
District:	Kurigram District
Region Label:	Division
Region:	Rangpur Division
Electorate:	461,516 (2018)
Year:	1984
Members:	Vacant
Module:	Seat no. 25

Kurigram-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 Bhurungamari and Nageshwari upazilas.

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

Election		Member	Party
	1986	A.K.M. Shahidul Islam	Jatiya Party
		Saifur Rahman Rana	Bangladesh Nationalist Party^[1]
	June 1996	A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2001	A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman	Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
	2008	A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
	2018	Aslam Hossain Saudagar	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

External links

• Web site: People's Republic of Bangladesh . Psephos.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of 6th Parliament Members. Jatiya Sangsad. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf. 15 September 2018. 9 April 2020.