{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Kushtia-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = কুষ্টিয়া-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Kushtia District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Khulna Division]] | population = | electorate = 336,119 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Meherpur-2|74 Meherpur-2]]}}{{align|right|[[Kushtia-2|76 Kushtia-2]] →}} }} '''Kushtia-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 13th February 2026, the constituency is represented by [[Bachhu Mollah|Reza Ahmed Bacchu Molla]], a candidate of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia|Daulatpur Upazila]].<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" /><ref name="Kushtia-1 BNP candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu sent to jail">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/kushtia-1-bnp-candidate-reza-ahmed-bachchu-sent-to-jail-1675888|title=Kushtia-1 BNP candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu sent to jail|date=19 December 2018|language=en|access-date=20 January 2025|work=The Daily Star}}</ref>
== History == The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|1973]] | [[Azizur Rahman Akkas]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] | [[Ahammad Ali]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party (Ershad)}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohammad Korban Ali]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /><ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Ahsanul Haq Mollah]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | 2004 by-election | [[Bachhu Mollah]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Afaz Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Rezaul Haque Chowdhury]] | [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] | [[AKM Sarwar Jahan]] | [[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |[[Rezaul Haque Chowdhury]] |[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] |- | Style="background-color:{{Party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Bachhu Mollah]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2014]]: Kushtia-1<ref name="2014results" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Rezaul Haque Chowdhury]] |votes = 62,528 |percentage = 54.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Afaz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 52,909 |percentage = 45.8 |change = -12.4 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,619 |percentage = 8.3 |change = -8.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 115,437 |percentage = 37.7 |change = -53.5 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Independent (politician) |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Kushtia-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Afaz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 145,063 |percentage = 58.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Md. Altaf Hosen |votes = 102,412 |percentage = 41.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Ruhul Amin |votes = 869 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Ashraf Siddiquie |votes = 649 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Md. Hafizur Rahman |votes = 323 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 42,651 |percentage = 17.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 249,316 |percentage = 91.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
Ahsanul Haq Mollah died in December 2003.<ref name="ds5Jan2004" /> [[Bachhu Mollah]], his son, was elected in a March 2004 by-election.<ref name="ds1Mar2004" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Kushtia-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ahsanul Haq Mollah]] |votes = 108,326 |percentage = 49.1 |change = +11.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Afaz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 103,491 |percentage = 46.9 |change = +19.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Golam Mostafa |votes = 6,056 |percentage = 2.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Rezaul Haq |votes = 1,994 |percentage = 0.9 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Lutfar Rahman Joarder |votes = 598 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Kamal Hossain |votes = 184 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Md. Moslem Uddin |votes = 143 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Hafizur) |candidate = Hafizur Rahman Khaja |votes = 30 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,835 |percentage = 2.2 |change = -8.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 220,822 |percentage = 86.0 |change = -2.7 }} {{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]]: Kushtia-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ahsanul Haq Mollah]] |votes = 64,692 |percentage = 38.1 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Afaz Uddin Ahmed]] |votes = 47,053 |percentage = 27.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Korban Ali |votes = 36,797 |percentage = 21.7 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Yakub Ali |votes = 11,657 |percentage = 6.9 |change = -10.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Nur Kutubul Alam |votes = 4,551 |percentage = 2.7 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = [[Kazi Aref Ahmed]] |votes = 4,293 |percentage = 2.5 |change = -3.5 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Kamal Hossain |votes = 636 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -1.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Matiar Rahman |votes = 214 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 17,639 |percentage = 10.4 |change = -10.3 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 169,893 |percentage = 88.7 |change = +16.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Kushtia-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Md. Ahsanul Haq Molla]] |votes = 56,807 |percentage = 38.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Korban Ali |votes = 26,140 |percentage = 17.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD |candidate = Md. Yakub Ali |votes = 25,591 |percentage = 17.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League |candidate = Md. Shamsul Alam Dudu |votes = 20,327 |percentage = 13.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = [[Kazi Aref Ahmed]] |votes = 8,919 |percentage = 6.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Nur Kutubul Alam |votes = 7,589 |percentage = 5.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Zahidul Islam |votes = 2,264 |percentage = 1.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = Md. Hafizur Rahman Khaza |votes = 478 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Abu Bakar |votes = 247 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[AKM Sarwar Jahan]] |votes = 110 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 30,667 |percentage = 20.7 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 148,472 |percentage = 72.4 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Jatiya Party (Ershad) }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Kushtia-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Kushtia-1&d=khulna |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="1973results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf |title=List of 1st Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="1979results">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf |title=List of 2nd Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |access-date=13 August 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=Kushtia-1 |url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=075 |work=Bangladesh Election Result 2014 |publisher=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519120450/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=075 |archive-date=19 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=71&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 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017100739/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php%3Fsol%3D71%26Year%3D2008 |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="ds5Jan2004">{{cite news |last=Aman |first=Amanur |date=5 January 2004 |title=Intra-party rivalry intensifies over ticket for Kushtia-1 by-polls |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/01/05/d40105070372.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> <ref name="ds1Mar2004">{{cite news |title=Alliance candidate heads for victory |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/01/d40301011818.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |agency=United News of Bangladesh |date=1 March 2004 |access-date=18 May 2018 |archive-date=19 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519033037/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/03/01/d40301011818.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=75 |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/20081229000137/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=75 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="Kushtia-1 BNP candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu sent to jail">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/kushtia-1-bnp-candidate-reza-ahmed-bachchu-sent-to-jail-1675888|title=Kushtia-1 BNP candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu sent to jail|date=19 December 2018|language=en|access-date=20 January 2025|work=The Daily Star}}</ref> </references>
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