Nilphamari-1

Nilphamari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Aftab Uddin Sarkar of the Awami League.

Nilphamari-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictNilphamari District
DivisionRangpur Division
Electorate372,535 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Aftab Uddin Sarkar

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dimla and Domar upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rangpur-1 constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 by-election Begum Mansura Mohiuddin Jatiya Party[4][5]
1991 Abdur Rouf Awami League
Feb 1996 Shahrin Islam Chowdhury Tuhin Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Jun 1996 NK Alam Chowdhury Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2001 Hamida Banu Shova Awami League
2008 Jafar Iqbal Siddiki Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2014 Aftab Uddin Sarkar Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2014: Nilphamari-1[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Aftab Uddin Sarkar 80,430 82.7 N/A
JP(E) Jafar Iqbal Siddiki 15,848 16.3 -43.7
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Md. Khoirul Alam 968 1.0 N/A
Majority 64,582 66.4 +22.9
Turnout 97,246 29.2 -60.5
AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Nilphamari-1[2][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Jafar Iqbal Siddiki 179,657 69.5 N/A
BNP Rafiqul Islam 67,190 26.0 -3.9
NAP Mohammad Jakaria 5,124 2.0 N/A
Bangladesh National Awami Party Shafikul Ghaani Shawpan 3,649 1.4 N/A
Gano Forum Abdur Rouf 1,088 0.4 N/A
BSD Ashrafuzzaman Laku 791 0.3 N/A
IAB Abdul Jalil 760 0.3 N/A
KSJL Syed Elias Ahmed 360 0.1 N/A
Majority 112,467 43.5 +42.8
Turnout 258,619 89.7 +11.8
JP(E) gain from AL
General Election 2001: Nilphamari-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Hamida Banu Shova 66,871 33.4 +1.6
IJOF NK Alam Chowdhury 65,552 32.8 N/A
BNP Shahrin Islam Tuhin 59,805 29.9 +16.2
Independent Abdur Rouf 5,707 2.9 N/A
Workers Party Nur Mohammad Khan 1,743 0.9 -0.2
Independent Sushanta Misra 309 0.2 N/A
Majority 1,319 0.7 -7.7
Turnout 199,987 77.9 +4.0
AL gain from JP(E)

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Nilphamari-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) NK Alam Chowdhury 60,444 40.1 +8.9
AL Abdur Rouf 47,833 31.8 +0.1
BNP Shahrin Islam Tuhin 20,672 13.7 +12.6
Jamaat-e-Islami Ishak Ali 19,137 12.7 -4.4
Workers Party Nur Mohammad Khan 1,634 1.1 -1.7
Independent Abdul Hai Sarker 523 0.4 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Golam Azam Khan 315 0.2 -0.1
Majority 12,611 8.4 +7.8
Turnout 150,558 73.9 +12.2
JP(E) gain from AL
General Election 1991: Nilphamari-1[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AL Abdur Rouf 41,218 31.7
JP(E) NK Alam Chowdhury 40,492 31.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Ishak Ali 22,263 17.1
Independent Shafikul Ghaani Shawpan 10,159 7.8
Independent Hamida Banu Shova 8,306 6.4
Workers Party Md. Moniruzzaman 3,648 2.8
BNP Md. Rezaul Basunia 1,386 1.1
Ganatantri Party Md. Golam Sarwar 788 0.6
FP Md. Nurunnabi Dulal 736 0.6
Zaker Party Md. Motowar Rahman 381 0.3
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD Munir Uddun 300 0.2
Jatiya Oikkya Front Abdul Hai Sarkar 259 0.2
Majority 726 0.6
Turnout 129,067 61.7
AL gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Nilphamari-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "Nilphamari-1". Bangladesh Election Result 2014. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "Electoral Area Result Statistics: Nilphamari-1". AmarMP. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

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