Thakurgaon-1

Thakurgaon-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictThakurgaon District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate480,609 (2023)
Current constituency
Created1984
Parliamentary PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Member of ParliamentMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Thakurgaon-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. The current Member of Parliament in this constituency is Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila.[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 when the former Dinajpur District was split into three districts: Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1986 Khademul Islam Bangladesh Awami League[4]
1988 Rezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury Jatiya Party (Ershad)[5]
1991 Khademul Islam Bangladesh Awami League
Feb 1996 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
Jun 1996 Khademul Islam Bangladesh Awami League[7]
1997 by-election Ramesh Chandra Sen
2001 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
2008 Ramesh Chandra Sen Bangladesh Awami League
2014
2018
2024
2026 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Thakurgaon-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 238,836 48.44 +16.47
Jamaat Delwar Hossain 141,017 28.63 +19.19
Majority 97,819 19.81 +17.43
Turnout 379,853 74.25 −4.05
Registered electors 511,629
BNP gain from AL

Elections in the 1990s

Khademul Islam died in December 1996. Ramesh Chandra Sen was elected in a February 1997 by-election.

General Election 1996: Thakurgaon-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Khademul Islam 62,709 34.35
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 58,369 31.97
JP(E) Md. Nurul Haque 42,609 23.34
Jamaat Md. Rafiqul Islam 17,242 9.44
Zaker Party Md. Jaherul Haque Chowdhury 923 0.51
CPB Syed Merajul Hossain 716 0.39
Turnout 184,543 78.3
AL hold
General Election 1991: Thakurgaon-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Khademul Islam 57,535 39.72
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 36,406 25.13
Jamaat Md. Rafiqul Islam 26,800 18.5
JP(E) Md. Rezwanul Haq Chowdhury 21,051 14.53
Zaker Party Md. Shahidul Islam 1,150 0.79
BAKSAL Md. Manjur Rahman 832 0.57
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Mansur Ali 648 0.45
Independent Atiqul Islam Atik 428 0.3
Turnout 120,165 69.5
AL gain from JP(E)

References

  1. ^ "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh".
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Dinajpur" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ^ ""List of 3rd Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ^ "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. ^ "ঠাকুরগাঁও-১". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali).
  10. ^ a b "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Electoral Area Results Comparison - Amar Desh Online".

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