{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency |name = Rajbari-1 |type = |constituency_link = |parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] |map1 = |map_size = |image = রাজবাড়ী-১.svg |map_entity = |map_year = |caption = |map2 = |image2 = |caption2 = |district_label = |district = [[Rajbari District]] |region_label = Division |region = [[Dhaka Division]] |population = |electorate = 346,619 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> |towns = |future = |year = 1984 |abolished_label = |abolished = |members_label = |members = Vacant |party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> |party = |next = |previous = |module = {{align|left|← [[Narayanganj-4|208 Narayanganj-5]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajbari-2|210 Rajbari-2]] →}} }} '''Rajbari-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]].
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Goalanda Upazila|Goalanda]] and [[Rajbari Sadar Upazila|Rajbari Sadar]] upazilas.<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]] | [[Akkas Ali Miah]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Munshi Abdul Latif]] | <ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | 1992 by-election | [[Kazi Keramat Ali]] | [[Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | |[[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996]] |[[Jahanara Begum (Politician)|Jahanara Begum]] |[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]] |Kazi Keramat Ali |Awami League |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam]] | BNP |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | Kazi Keramat Ali | Awami League |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Kazi Keramat Ali was re-elected unopposed in the [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 general election]] after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.<ref name="2014results" />
=== Elections in the 2000s === {{Election box begin | title=[[2008 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2008]]: Rajbari-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Keramat Ali]] |votes = 141,561 |percentage = 59.9 |change = +16.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam]] |votes = 83,933 |percentage = 35.5 |change = -12.7 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Ali Zakir Shomsheri Dablu Molla |votes = 8,964 |percentage = 3.8 |change = +3.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Md. Habibur Rahman |votes = 1,190 |percentage = 0.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Tarikat Federation |candidate = Asadujjaman Shalem |votes = 346 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party |candidate = SM Shariful Islam |votes = 302 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 57,628 |percentage = 24.4 |change = +19.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 236,296 |percentage = 88.5 |change = +18.9 }} {{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]]: Rajbari-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam]] |votes = 95,266 |percentage = 48.2 |change = +23.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Keramat Ali]] |votes = 85,057 |percentage = 43.0 |change = +7.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Emdadul Haq Biswas |votes = 14,843 |percentage = 7.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Joyti Sankar Jhantu |votes = 1,680 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Iman-Ul-Karim |votes = 232 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kazi Monirul Amin |votes = 171 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Zayedul Islam Joadder |votes = 156 |percentage = 0.1 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Desh Prem Party |candidate = Marshal Shah Alam |votes = 99 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Progressive Party |candidate = Md. Raqib Uddin |votes = 75 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,209 |percentage = 5.2 |change = -1.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 197,579 |percentage = 69.6 |change = -10.0 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === {{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Rajbari-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Kazi Karamat Ali]] |votes = 51,965 |percentage = 35.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Golam Mustafa |votes = 42,881 |percentage = 29.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Jahanara Begum |votes = 36,222 |percentage = 24.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Zayedul Islam Joadder |votes = 5,924 |percentage = 4.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Md. Abdur Rab Mollah |votes = 5,385 |percentage = 3.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Manjurul Alam |votes = 2,816 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |candidate = Amzad Hossain Zowarder |votes = 815 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Oikya Jote |candidate = Abdul Hannan Mollah |votes = 752 |percentage = 0.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Md. Indadul Haque Biswas |votes = 403 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Freedom Party |candidate = Md. Oliur Rahman |votes = 395 |percentage = 0.3 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 9,084 |percentage = 6.2 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 147,558 |percentage = 79.6 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury died in office.<ref name="Hakim1994" /> Kazi Keramat Ali was elected in an October 1992 by-election.<ref name="Akhter2001" /><ref name="ds3Jan2018" />
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Rajbari-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Md. Abdul Wajed Chowdhury]] |votes = 33,187 |percentage = 28.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = A. Khalek |votes = 30,489 |percentage = 26.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Golam Mustafa |votes = 13,390 |percentage = 11.5 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = [[Akkas Ali Miah]] |votes = 13,088 |percentage = 11.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = United Communist League of Bangladesh |candidate = [[Ali Newaz Mahmud Khaiyam]] |votes = 11,776 |percentage = 10.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Nurul Islam |votes = 10,345 |percentage = 8.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Janata Party |candidate = Nazrul Haq |votes = 2,160 |percentage = 1.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal |candidate = Md. Monirul Haq |votes = 1,160 |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Munshi Abdul Latif]] |votes = 187 |percentage = 0.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Kamran Hossein Chowdhury |votes = 164 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) |candidate = Bishwanath Karmakar |votes = 84 |percentage = 0.1 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,698 |percentage = 2.3 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 116,030 |percentage = 62.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Rajbari-1 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Rajbari-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}}</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}}</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 |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=201&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=207 |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/20081228235259/http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=207 |archive-date=28 December 2008}}</ref> <ref name="Hakim1994">{{cite journal |last=Hakim |first=Muhammad A. |date=August 1994 |title=The Mirpur Parliamentary by-Election in Bangladesh |journal=Asian Survey |volume=34 |issue=8 |page=741 |jstor=2645261|doi=10.2307/2645261}}</ref><ref name="Akhter2001">{{cite book |last=Akhter |first=Muhammad Yeahia |year=2001 |title=Electoral Corruption in Bangladesh |publisher=Ashgate |page=243 |isbn=0-7546-1628-2}}</ref> <ref name="ds3Jan2018">{{Cite news |last=Hasan |first=Rashidul |date=3 January 2018 |title=Council of Ministers: Three new faces sworn in |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/council-ministers-three-new-faces-sworn-1514116 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=8 June 2018}}</ref> </references>
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