{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Chandpur-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = চাঁদপুর-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Chandpur District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Chittagong Division]] | population = | electorate = 265,966 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = [[A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Comilla-11|259 Comilla-11]]}}{{align|right|[[Chandpur-2|261 Chandpur-2]] →}} }} '''Chandpur-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of Bangladesh.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Kachua Upazila, Chandpur|Kachua Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Comilla constituency when the former Comilla District was split into three districts: [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]], [[Comilla District|Comilla]], and [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]].
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
Ahead of the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]], the Election Commission reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included one [[union parishad]] of [[Matlab Dakshin Upazila]]: Narayanpur.<ref name="ecs" /><ref name="ds4Jul2013" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Rafiqul Islam Roni]] |rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] |- | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mesbah Uddin]] | [[Awami League]] |- |rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] | [[Abul Hasnat (Chandpur politician)|Abul Hasnat]] | rowspan="3" | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] | rowspan="2" | [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |- |[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] |- | rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="3" | [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir]] | rowspan="4" | Awami League |- |[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |[[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] | [[Salim Mahmud]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2026]]: Chandpur-1<ref>{{Cite news |title=BNP candidate Ehsanul Hoque Milon wins unofficially from Chandpur-1|url=https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360563 |access-date=2026-03-01 |date=2026-02-13|website=BSS}}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |votes = 133,032 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Abu Nohar Muhammad Makbul Ahmad |votes = 70,368 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}} === Elections in the 2010s === Like 153 other constituencies out of the total 300 nationwide, Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after 18 parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted the election citing unfair conditions for the election.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 December 2013 |title=Bangladesh opposition to boycott elections |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/12/bangladesh-opposition-boycott-elections-2013122900876856.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |newspaper=Al Jazeera}}</ref><ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Chandpur-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir]] |votes = 107,461 |percentage = 56.5 |change = +14.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |votes = 80,872 |percentage = 42.5 |change = -14.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Abdul Haque |votes = 732 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Muslim |votes = 645 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Md. Azad Hossain |votes = 491 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 26,589 |percentage = 14.0 |change = -1.4 }}
{{Election box turnout| |votes = 190,201 |percentage = 86.4 |change = +12.7 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Chandpur-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |votes = 85,507 |percentage = 57.3 |change = +22.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir]] |votes = 62,537 |percentage = 41.9 |change = +10.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Shafiullah Majumder |votes = 725 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam]] |votes = 299 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh People's Congress |candidate = Latif Majumder |votes = 91 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 22,970 |percentage = 15.4 |change = +12.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 149,159 |percentage = 73.7 |change = +4.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Chandpur-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan]] |votes = 34,240 |percentage = 34.8 |change = +4.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mesbah Uddin]] |votes = 31,214 |percentage = 31.7 |change = +1.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Rafiqul Islam Roni]] |votes = 16,337 |percentage = 16.6 |change = +2.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Wahidur Rahman |votes = 12,555 |percentage = 12.8 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Khandaker Mou. Md. Hurunur Rashid |votes = 2,958 |percentage = 3.0 |change = -1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Islami Front |candidate = Alamgir Shah |votes = 569 |percentage = 0.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Omar Faruk Majumdar |votes = 389 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -1.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Reza Pahlabi Mazid |votes = 116 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,026 |percentage = 3.1 |change = +2.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 98,378 |percentage = 69.3 |change = +22.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Chandpur-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mesbah Uddin]] |votes = 25,732 |percentage = 30.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abul Hasnat |votes = 25,232 |percentage = 30.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[A. K. S. M. Shahidul Islam]] |votes = 14,406 |percentage = 17.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Rafiqul Islam Roni]] |votes = 11,800 |percentage = 14.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. Majid |votes = 3,785 |percentage = 4.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Shah Alam |votes = 1,300 |percentage = 1.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Omar Faruk Majumdar |votes = 1,291 |percentage = 1.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Zaber Miah |votes = 302 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 500 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 83,848 |percentage = 46.5 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }}
{{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Chandpur-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Chandpur-1&d=chattogram |work=The Daily Star |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="maps">{{cite web |url=http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |title=Constituency Maps of Bangladesh |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2010 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814131945/http://123.49.39.5/delimitation_pdF/const_book_2008.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |title=Delimitation of Constituencies |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2013 |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |access-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727220238/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/NewsFilesEng/101.PDF |archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> <ref name="ds4Jul2013">{{cite news |title=53 constituencies get new boundaries |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/53-constituencies-get-new-boundaries |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 July 2013}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |newspaper=New Age |location=Dhaka |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503164909/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-date=26 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226152017/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="2008nomination">{{cite web |url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |title=Nomination submission List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190041/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/Bangla/nomination_info.php?findconstall=1 |archive-date=11 February 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=260 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229002847/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=260 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> </references>
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