Rajbari-1
Appearance
Rajbari-1 | |
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Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
District | Rajbari District |
Division | Dhaka Division |
Electorate | 346,619 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1984 |
Party | Awami League |
Member(s) | Kazi Keramat Ali |
Rajbari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Kazi Keramat Ali of the Awami League.
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Goalanda and Rajbari Sadar upazilas.[2][3]
History
The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: Rajbari, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Shariatpur.[4]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color:Template:Jatiya Party (Ershad)/meta/color" | | 1986 | Akkas Ali Miah | Jatiya Party[5] |
1988 | Munshi Abdul Latif | [6] | |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 1991 | Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury | Awami League |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 1992 by-election | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | February 1996 | Jahanara Begum | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | June 1996 | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Nationalist Party/meta/color" | | 2001 | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
style="background-color:Template:Bangladesh Awami League/meta/color" | | 2008 | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Kazi Keramat Ali was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[7]
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Kazi Keramat Ali | 141,561 | 59.9 | +16.9 | ||
BNP | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | 83,933 | 35.5 | −12.7 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Ali Zakir Shomsheri Dablu Molla | 8,964 | 3.8 | +3.7 | ||
BKA | Md. Habibur Rahman | 1,190 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
BTF | Asadujjaman Shalem | 346 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Kalyan Party | SM Shariful Islam | 302 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Majority | 57,628 | 24.4 | +19.2 | |||
Turnout | 236,296 | 88.5 | +18.9 | |||
AL gain from BNP |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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BNP | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | 95,266 | 48.2 | +23.7 | ||
AL | Kazi Keramat Ali | 85,057 | 43.0 | +7.8 | ||
IJOF | Md. Emdadul Haq Biswas | 14,843 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
WPB | Joyti Sankar Jhantu | 1,680 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Jatiya Party (M) | Iman-Ul-Karim | 232 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Independent | Kazi Monirul Amin | 171 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Zayedul Islam Joadder | 156 | 0.1 | +3.9 | ||
Desh Prem Party | Marshal Shah Alam | 99 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Bangladesh Progressive Party | Md. Raqib Uddin | 75 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 10,209 | 5.2 | −1.0 | |||
Turnout | 197,579 | 69.6 | −10.0 | |||
BNP gain from AL |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AL | Kazi Karamat Ali | 51,965 | 35.2 | ||
JP(E) | Golam Mustafa | 42,881 | 29.1 | ||
BNP | Jahanara Begum | 36,222 | 24.5 | ||
Zaker Party | Md. Zayedul Islam Joadder | 5,924 | 4.0 | ||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Md. Abdur Rab Mollah | 5,385 | 3.6 | ||
WPB | Manjurul Alam | 2,816 | 1.9 | ||
BKA | Amzad Hossain Zowarder | 815 | 0.6 | ||
IOJ | Abdul Hannan Mollah | 752 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Md. Indadul Haque Biswas | 403 | 0.3 | ||
FP | Md. Oliur Rahman | 395 | 0.3 | ||
Majority | 9,084 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 147,558 | 79.6 | |||
AL hold |
Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury died in office.[11] Kazi Keramat Ali was elected in an October 1992 by-election.[12][13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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AL | Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury | 33,187 | 28.6 | |||
BNP | A. Khalek | 30,489 | 26.3 | |||
JP(E) | Golam Mustafa | 13,390 | 11.5 | |||
Zaker Party | Akkas Ali Miah | 13,088 | 11.3 | |||
UCL | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | 11,776 | 10.1 | |||
Jamaat-e-Islami | Nurul Islam | 10,345 | 8.9 | |||
Bangladesh Janata Party | Nazrul Haq | 2,160 | 1.9 | |||
JSD | Md. Monirul Haq | 1,160 | 1.0 | |||
Independent | Munshi Abdul Latif | 187 | 0.2 | |||
Independent | Kamran Hossein Chowdhury | 164 | 0.1 | |||
JSD (S) | Bishwanath Karmakar | 84 | 0.1 | |||
Majority | 2,698 | 2.3 | ||||
Turnout | 116,030 | 62.1 | ||||
AL gain from |
References
- ^ "Rajbari-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. 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.
- ^ জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি [Background of District Administration]. Faridpur District (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Hakim, Muhammad A. (August 1994). "The Mirpur Parliamentary by-Election in Bangladesh". Asian Survey. 34 (8): 741. JSTOR 2645261.
- ^ Akhter, Muhammad Yeahia (2001). Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh. Ashgate. p. 243. ISBN 0-7546-1628-2.
- ^ Hasan, Rashidul (3 January 2018). "Council of Ministers: Three new faces sworn in". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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