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1 Boundaries  




2 History  




3 Members of Parliament  




4 Elections  


4.1  Elections in the 2010s  




4.2  Elections in the 2000s  




4.3  Elections in the 1990s  






5 References  




6 External links  













Dinajpur-1






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Coordinates: 25°52′N 88°39′E / 25.86°N 88.65°E / 25.86; 88.65
  
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Dinajpur-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDinajpur District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate344,065 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Md Zakaria Zaka

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Dinajpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2005 by Manoranjon Shill Gopal of the Awami League.

Boundaries

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The constituency encompasses Birganj and Kaharole upazilas.[2][3]

History

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

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1973 Kamaruddin Ahmed Awami League[4]
1979 Jamiur Uddin Sarker Bangladesh Nationalist Party[5]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Abdul Malek Sarkar Awami League[6]
1988 Anisul Haque Chowdhury [7]
1991 Md. Aminul Islam Awami League
February 1996 Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 Abdur Rauf Chowdhury Awami League
2001 Abdullah Al Kafi Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
2005 by-election Manoranjon Shill Gopal Independent
2008 Manoranjon Shill Gopal Awami League
2014 Manoranjon Shill Gopal Awami League
2018 Manoranjon Shill Gopal Awami League

Elections

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Elections in the 2010s

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General Election 2014: Dinajpur-1[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Manoranjon Shill Gopal 124,314 83.3 +26.7
WPB Abdul Haq 24,973 16.7 N/A
Majority 99,341 66.5 +52.3
Turnout 149,287 49.0 −43.9
AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

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General Election 2008: Dinajpur-1[2][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Manoranjon Shill Gopal 143,097 56.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Mohammed Hanif 107,168 42.4
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain 1,596 0.6
IAB Md. Jamal Uddin 898 0.4
Majority 35,929 14.2
Turnout 252,759 92.9
AL gain from Jamaat-e-Islami

Abdullah Al Kafi died in September 2005. Independent candidate Manoranjon Shill Gopal was elected in a December by-election.[11]

General Election 2001: Dinajpur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdullah Al Kafi 88,669 44.9 +31.4
AL Abdur Rauf Chowdhury 60,197 30.5 −11.7
IJOF Manoranjon Shill Gopal 40,621 20.6 N/A
JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque Sarkar 6,848 3.5 N/A
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain 760 0.4 −0.1
Independent Abdul Malek Sarkar 279 0.1 N/A
Majority 28,472 14.4 −5.2
Turnout 197,374 85.2 +9.4
Jamaat-e-Islami gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

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General Election June 1996: Dinajpur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdur Rauf Chowdhury 60,681 42.2 −6.1
BNP Syed Ahmed Reza Hossain 32,437 22.5 +10.8
JP(E) Manoranjon Shill Gopal 29,583 20.6 +13.5
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdullah Al Kafi 19,463 13.5 −17.1
CPB Md. Altaf Hussain 756 0.5 N/A
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque 690 0.5 N/A
Bangladesh Janata Party Md. Ahad Ali 283 0.2 N/A
Majority 28,244 19.6 +1.9
Turnout 143,893 75.8 +11.9
AL hold
General Election 1991: Dinajpur-1[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Md. Aminul Islam 56,191 48.3
Jamaat-e-Islami Abdullah Al Kafi 35,598 30.6
BNP Md. A. Mannan 13,603 11.7
JP(E) Md. Anisul Haq 8,203 7.1
NDP Manoranjon Shill Gopal 2,194 1.9
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Abdul Khaleque 338 0.3
Zaker Party Md. Nazrul Islam 232 0.2
Majority 20,593 17,7
Turnout 116,359 63.9
AL gain from

References

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  1. ^ "Dinajpur-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  • ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  • ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  • ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • ^ "Dinajpur-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  • ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  • ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  • ^ "Manoranjan Shil Gopal (Ind) unofficially elected in Dinajpur-1 by poll". bdnews24.com. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  • ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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