Rajbari-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Rajbari-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
| Rajbari-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Rajbari District |
| Division | Dhaka Division |
| Electorate | 346,619 (2018)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1984 |
| Member | Vacant |
Boundaries
The constituency encompasses Goalanda and Rajbari Sadar upazilas.[2][3]
History
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Akkas Ali Miah | Jatiya Party[5] | |
| 1988 | Munshi Abdul Latif | [6] | |
| 1991 | Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury | Awami League | |
| 1992 by-election | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League | |
| February 1996 | Jahanara Begum | BNP | |
| June 1996 | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League | |
| 2001 | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | BNP | |
| 2008 | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League | |
| 2026 | Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam | BNP | |
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 | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | ||||||
