Thakurgaon-1

Thakurgaon-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Ramesh Chandra Sen is the current member of parliament.

Thakurgaon-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictThakurgaon District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate422,124 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Ramesh Chandra Sen

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
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Rezwanul Haque Idu Chowdhury Jatiya Party[4][5]
1991 Khademul Islam Awami League
February 1996 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
June 1996 Khademul Islam Awami League[7]
By-election Ramesh Chandra Sen Awami League[7]
2001 Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8]
2008 Ramesh Chandra Sen Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2001: Thakurgaon-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 1,34,910 54.15
Awami League Ramesh Chandra Sen 96,948 38.91
IJOF Md. Noor Alam Chowdhury 16,647 6.68
CPB Syed Merajul Hossain 639 0.26
Turnout 2,50,979 87.7
BNP gain from Awami League

Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1996: Thakurgaon-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Md. Ahademul Islam 62,709 34.35
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 58,369 31.97
JP(E) Md. Nurul Haque 42,609 23.34
Jamaat-e-Islami 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
Awami League hold
General Election 1991: Thakurgaon-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Awami League Md. Khademul Islam 57,535 39.72
BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir 36,406 25.13
Jamaat-e-Islami 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
JSD (R) Md. Mansur Ali 648 0.45
Independent Atiqul Islam Atik 428 0.3
Turnout 120,165 69.5
Awami League 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. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. ""List of 3rd Parliament Members"" (PDF). parliament.gov.bd. 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). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  9. http://www.amardesh.com/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=3


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