Rajshahi-1
Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad
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Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Professor Mujibur Rahman currently holds the seat, having won the 13th National Parliamentary Election on 12 February 2026. He secured 171,786 votes, winning by a majority of 1,884.
| Rajshahi-1 | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| |
| District | Rajshahi District |
| Division | Rajshahi Division |
| Electorate | 468,362 (2025) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1973 |
Boundaries
History
The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Moin Uddin Ahmed | Awami League[3] | |
| 1979 | Shahjahan Miah | BNP[4] | |
| Major Boundary Changes | |||
| 1986 | Mujibur Rahman | Jamaat-e-Islami[5] | |
| 1988 | Durul Huda | Jatiya Party[6] | |
| 1991 | Aminul Haque | BNP | |
| 2008 | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | Awami League | |
| 2026 | Mujibur Rahman | Jamaat-e-Islami [7] | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Md. Sharif Uddin | 169,902 | − | ||
| AB Party | Md. Abdur Rahman | − | |||
| Jamaat | Md. Mujibur Rahman | 171,786 | − | ||
| GOP | Mir Md. Shahjahan | − | |||
| Independent | Md. Al-Saad | − | |||
| Majority | 1884 | - | − | ||
| Turnout | 348,833 | - | − | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 103,592 | |||
| Independent | Golam Rabbani | 92,419 | |||
| Independent | Mahiya Mahi | 9,009 | |||
| AL hold | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
Omar Faruk Chowdhury was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[10]
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 146,786 | 53.1 | +15.0 | ||
| BNP | Enamul Haque | 129,450 | 46.8 | −12.3 | ||
| Bangladesh Kalyan Party | Salahuddin Biswas | 366 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 17,336 | 6.3 | −14.7 | |||
| Turnout | 276,602 | 93.0 | +4.4 | |||
| AL gain from BNP | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Aminul Haque | 130,631 | 59.1 | +11.4 | |
| AL | Omar Faruk Chowdhury | 84,185 | 38.1 | +6.9 | |
| IJOF | Md. Jalal Uddin | 5,022 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| WPB | Rafiqul Islam | 915 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Aminul Islam | 298 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Jatiya Party (M) | Anowar Iqbal Badal | 88 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 46,446 | 21.0 | +4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 221,139 | 88.6 | +1.5 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Aminul Haque | 83,994 | 47.7 | +4.8 | |
| AL | Md. Alal Uddin | 55,003 | 31.2 | +1.5 | |
| Jamaat | Mujibur Rahman | 28,453 | 16.2 | −8.8 | |
| JP(E) | Rabeya Bhuiyan | 6,915 | 3.9 | +2.4 | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD | Mozibur | 631 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | M. M. Sajedun Nabi | 448 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Gano Forum | Bholanath Majhi | 276 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| JSD | Abdul Ohab | 270 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Oikkya Prakriyya | Md. Abdus Salam | 112 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 28,991 | 16.5 | +3.3 | ||
| Turnout | 176,102 | 87.1 | +12.8 | ||
| BNP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP | Aminul Haque | 61,975 | 42.9 | |||
| AL | Md. Mohsin | 42,897 | 29.7 | |||
| Jamaat | Mujibur Rahman | 36,058 | 25.0 | |||
| JP(E) | Durul Huda | 2,108 | 1.5 | |||
| Independent | Muhammad Lutfar Rahman | 1,344 | 0.9 | |||
| Majority | 19,078 | 13.2 | ||||
| Turnout | 144,382 | 74.3 | ||||
| BNP gain from | ||||||
