{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Kurigram-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কুড়িগ্রাম-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Kurigram District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rangpur Division]] | population = | electorate = 563,978 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Md Anwarul Islam (politician)|Md. Anwarul Islam]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Rangpur-6|24 Rangpur-6]]}}{{align|right|[[Kurigram-2|26 Kurigram-2]] →}} }} '''Kurigram-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. [[Md Anwarul Islam (politician)|Md. Anwarul Islam]] is the current member of parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Bhurungamari Upazila|Bhurungamari]] and [[Nageshwari Upazila|Nageshwari]] upazilas.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rangpur constituency when the former Rangpur District was split into five districts: [[Nilphamari District|Nilphamari]], [[Lalmonirhat District|Lalmonirhat]], [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[Kurigram District|Kurigram]], and [[Gaibandha District|Gaibandha]].
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[A.K.M. Shahidul Islam]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Feb 1996]] |[[Saifur Rahman Rana]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=List of 6th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|website=[[Jatiya Sangsad]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2018|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|Jun 1996]] | rowspan="4" |[[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Islami Jatiya Oikya Front}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Islami Jatiya Oikya Front]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="2" | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[Aslam Hossain Saudagar]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="2018results" /> |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]] |[[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | |[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] |[[Md Anwarul Islam (politician)|Md Anwarul Islam]] |[[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Kurigram-1<ref>{{cite web |title=কুড়িগ্রাম-১ |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/25 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Md Anwarul Islam (politician)|Md. Anwarul Islam]] |votes=141,090 |percentage=39.14 |change=+29.34 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=[[Saifur Rahman Rana]] |votes=123,025 |percentage=34.13 |change=+5.33 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 18,065 |percentage = 5.01 |change = -36.29 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 360,482 |percentage = 63.92 |change = +37.92 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 563,978 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Kurigram-1<ref name="2014results" /><ref name="amarmp" /><ref name="jjd7Jan2014" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]]<ref group=note name="2014votes" /> |votes = 74,720 |percentage = 69.9 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Abdul Hai<ref group=note name="2014votes" /> |votes = 30,613 |percentage = 28.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Rashid Ahmed<ref group=note name="2014votes" /> |votes = 1,500 |percentage = 1.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 44,107 |percentage = 41.3 |change = +13.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 106,833 |percentage = 26.0 |change = -62.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Kurigram-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]] |votes = 209,899 |percentage = 65.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Saifur Rahman Rana |votes = 92,583 |percentage = 28.8 |change = -5.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Golam Mostofa Md. Ansar Ali |votes = 17,465 |percentage = 5.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Krishak Sramik Janata League |candidate = Kazi Md. Latiful Kabir |votes = 1,221 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 117,316 |percentage = 27.5 |change = +26.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 321,168 |percentage = 88.0 |change = +9.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |loser = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Kurigram-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = [[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]] |votes = 89,073 |percentage = 35.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Saifur Rahman Rana |votes = 87,157 |percentage = 34.4 |change = +11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Shamsul Haq Chowdhury |votes = 75,730 |percentage = 29.9 |change = +4.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Ershadul Haque Dipu |votes = 543 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (Basad-Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Jahedul Haque Milu |votes = 398 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Shree Gopinath Ray |votes = 279 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 1,916 |percentage = 0.8 |change = -12.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 253,180 |percentage = 78.5 |change = +11.6 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Kurigram-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[A.K.M. Mostafizur Rahman]] |votes = 64,064 |percentage = 38.3 |change = -0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Mozammel Haque Prodhan |votes = 42,125 |percentage = 25.2 |change = -1.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Saifur Rahman Rana |votes = 39,088 |percentage = 23.4 |change = +12.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Kamruddin |votes = 16,401 |percentage = 9.8 |change = -11.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Md. Abdur Rahman Prodhan |votes = 4,714 |percentage = 2.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Kaflur Rahman |votes = 583 |percentage = 0.3 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Gano Forum |candidate = Shahidul Islam |votes = 318 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,939 |percentage = 13.1 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 167,293 |percentage = 66.9 |change = +20.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Kurigram-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = [[A.K.M. Shahidul Islam]] |votes = 46,476 |percentage = 38.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = Md. Abdus Sabur Chawdhury |votes = 31,630 |percentage = 26.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Kamruddin |votes = 25,876 |percentage = 21.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Khairul Alam |votes = 13,543 |percentage = 11.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal (Khalekuzzaman) |candidate = Md. Zahedul Haq |votes = 805 |percentage = 0.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Kafilur Rahman |votes = 659 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdul Hai |votes = 477 |percentage = 0.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Fazlul Haq Chairman |votes = 290 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 14,846 |percentage = 12.4 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 119,756 |percentage = 46.1 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=note|refs= <ref group=note name="2014votes">Sources vary with regard to the 2014 vote count. They report between 74,429 and 74,720 votes for the winner, between 30,172 and 38,172 votes for the runner up, and between 0 and 1,601 votes for the third place finisher, but the discrepancies in the figures are not large enough to change the overall outcome.</ref> }}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Kurigram-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Kurigram-1&d=rangpur |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="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=Kurigram-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=25 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=Dhaka Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512023004/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates?constituency_id=25 |archive-date=12 May 2015 |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="amarmp">{{cite web |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=56 |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics: Kurigram-1 |website=AmarMP |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> <ref name="jjd7Jan2014">{{cite news |script-title=bn:কুড়িগ্রামের ৩টি আসন জাতীয় পার্টির দখলে |title=Kuṛigrāmēra 3ṭi āsana jātīẏa pārṭira dakhalē |trans-title=Jaitya Party holds 3 seats in Kurigram |url=http://www.jaijaidinbd.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=07-01-2014&type=single&pub_no=710&cat_id=4&menu_id=16&news_type_id=1&index=4 |newspaper=[[Jaijaidin]] |date=7 January 2014 |language=bn |access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=21&Year=2008 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Amar Desh |access-date=8 February 2018}}</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=25 |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/20081224223201/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=25 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> </references>
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