{{Short description|Bangladeshi parliamentary constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Gopalganj-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = গোপালগঞ্জ-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Gopalganj District, Bangladesh|Gopalganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Dhaka Division]] | population = | electorate = 321,450 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | members = [[Md. Selimuzzaman Mollah]] | party_label = | party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Faridpur-4|214 Faridpur-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Gopalganj-2|216 Gopalganj-2]] →}} }} '''Gopalganj-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Muksudpur Upazila]] and seven [[Union Parishad|union parishads]] of [[Kashiani Upazila]]: Kashiani, Mamudpur, Maheshpur, Parulia, Rajpat, Ratail, and Sajail.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Faridpur constituency when the former Faridpur District was split into five districts: [[Rajbari District|Rajbari]], [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Gopalganj District, Bangladesh|Gopalganj]], [[Madaripur District|Madaripur]], and [[Shariatpur District|Shariatpur]].<ref name="faridpur" />
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Sarwar Jan Chowdhury]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[M. H. Khan Monjur]] | <ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Kazi Abdur Rashid]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Sharfuzzaman Jahangir]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | [[Faruk Khan]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Md. Selimuzzaman Mollah]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Gopalganj-1<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b672124f34914b4e55e2b|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate=Nirod Baran Majumder |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Md Selimujjaman Molla |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=Md Abdul Hamid Molla |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate=Md Mizanur Rahman |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate=Sultan Jaman Khan |votes= |percentage= |change= }} {{Election box majority|CPB|votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Gopalganj-1<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Faruk Khan]]|votes=118441|percentage=49.2|change=-30}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Kabir Miah|votes=108934|percentage=48|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority||votes=118441|percentage=95.2|change=+8.6}} {{Election box turnout||votes=246,167 <!-- 276,549 -->|percentage=89.0|change=+6.4}} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Gopalganj-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Faruk Khan]] |votes = 183,234 |percentage = 91.6 |change = +13.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Salimuzzaman Molla |votes = 9,986 |percentage = 5.0 |change = -5.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ruhul Amin |votes = 6,810 |percentage = 3.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 173,248 |percentage = 86.6 |change = +19.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 200,030 |percentage = 82.6 |change = +10.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Gopalganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Faruk Khan]] |votes = 145,391 |percentage = 78.5 |change = -8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Mahbbat Jan Chowdhury |votes = 20,136 |percentage = 10.9 |change = +7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Ali Azam |votes = 14,755 |percentage = 8.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Deepa Majumdar |votes = 3,680 |percentage = 2.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Tayebur Rahman Sharif |votes = 828 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Moshayed Hossain Dhali |votes = 396 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 125,255 |percentage = 67.6 |change = -15.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 185,186 |percentage = 72.1 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Gopalganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Faruk Khan]] |votes = 119,536 |percentage = 86.9 |change = +21.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. K. Imdadul Haque |votes = 5,236 |percentage = 3.8 |change = -7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Khairul Baki Mian |votes = 4,914 |percentage = 3.6 |change = -5.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Julfiqar Ali |votes = 3,502 |percentage = 2.5 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Niamat Ullah |votes = 3,124 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Anwarul Islam |votes = 615 |percentage = 0.4 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Mosharaf Hossain Dhali |votes = 293 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Muslim League (Jamir Ali) |candidate = Sharif Emraul Islam |votes = 182 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Bibuti Bhushan Biswas |votes = 151 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 114,300 |percentage = 83.1 |change = +30.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 137,553 |percentage = 73.4 |change = +20.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Gopalganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Abdur Rashid]] |votes = 79,219 |percentage = 65.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Mukul Chandra Basu |votes = 14,602 |percentage = 12.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = A. K. Imdadul Haque |votes = 13,992 |percentage = 11.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Khairul Baki Mian |votes = 11,136 |percentage = 9.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Zulfikar Ali |votes = 656 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Hindu League |candidate = Suresh Chandra Biswash |votes = 641 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Lutfar |votes = 484 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = A. Mannan |votes = 475 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Azizur Rahman |votes = 197 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[M. H. Khan Monjur]] |votes = 193 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Farooq Ahmmad Talukdar |votes = 81 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh National Congress |candidate = Monindra Sarkar |votes = 80 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 64,617 |percentage = 53.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 121,756 <!-- 230,840 --> |percentage = 52.7 |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=Gopalganj-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Gopalganj-1&d=dhaka |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 |format=PDF |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=14 August 2014 |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 |format=PDF |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="faridpur">{{cite web |url=http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |script-title=bn:জেলা প্রশাসনের পটভূমি |trans-title=Background of District Administration |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |language=bn |website=Faridpur District |access-date=13 August 2014 |archive-date=3 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603191102/http://www.faridpur.gov.bd/site/page/3911aad7-2013-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="1986results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="1988results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf |title=List of 4th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2014results">{{cite news |title=Gopalganj-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=215 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140728/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=215 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=215&year=2014 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Gopalganj-1 |website=AmarMP |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130193904/https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=215&year=2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=211&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=17 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105809/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=211&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=214 |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/20081229002552/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=214 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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