{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Rajshahi-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = রাজশাহী-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Rajshahi District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 468,780 (2026) | towns = | future = | year = 1973 | abolished_label = | abolished = | party_label = Parliamentary Party | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | members_label = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | members = [[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]] | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Naogaon-6|51 Naogaon-6]]}}{{align|right|[[Rajshahi-2|53 Rajshahi-2 ]] →}} }} '''Rajshahi-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Professor Mujibur Rahman currently holds the seat, having won the 13th National Parliamentary Election on 12 February 2026. He secured 171,786 votes, winning by a majority of 1,884.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Godagari Upazila|Godagari]] and [[Tanore Upazila|Tanore]] upazilas, integrating the remaining areas under a single administrative and electoral boundary.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="ecs" />
== 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]] |[[Moin Uddin Ahmed]] | [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref name="1973results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|1979]] |[[Shahjahan Miah]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<ref name="1979results" /> |- ! colspan="4" |Major Boundary Changes |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Jatiya Party}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Durul Huda]] | [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Aminul Haque (politician)|Aminul Haque]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | rowspan="4" | [[Omar Faruk Chowdhury]] | rowspan="4" | [[Bangladesh Awami League]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2024 Bangladeshi general election|2024]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}}" | | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026]] | [[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]] | [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] <ref name="2026results" /> |- |}
== Elections == === Elections in the 2020s === {{Election box begin |title=[[2026 Bangladeshi general election|General election 2026]]: Rajshahi-1<ref>{{cite web |title=VoteDB candidates |url=https://www.votebd.org/candidates/?seat=695b67ba24f34914b4e55e38|website=VoteBD}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate=[[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]] |votes=171,786 |percentage=49.2 |change=+33.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate=Md. Sharif Uddin |votes=169,902 |percentage=48.7 |change=+1.9 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 1,884 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -5.8 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 348,833 |percentage = 74.4 |change = -18.6 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 468,780 }} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |loser = Bangladesh Awami League |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2024]]: Rajshahi-1<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/336336/mahiya-mahi-affirms-strength-despite-losing|title=Mahiya Mahi affirms strength despite losing election|date=2024-01-09|accessdate=2024-02-16|publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Omar Faruk Chowdhury]] |votes = 103,592 |percentage = 50.8 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Golam Rabbani |votes = 92,419 |percentage = 45.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = [[Mahiya Mahi]] |votes = 9,009 |percentage = 4.4 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 11,173 |percentage = 5.4 |change = -0.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 205,020 |percentage = 43.8 |change = -49.2 }} {{Election box Registered electors| |reg. electors = 468,362 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2010s === Omar Faruk Chowdhury 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]]: Rajshahi-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=[[Omar Faruk Chowdhury]]|votes=146,786|percentage=53.1|change=+15.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Enamul Haque]]|votes=129,450|percentage=46.8|change=-12.3}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Bangladesh Kalyan Party |candidate = Salahuddin Biswas |votes = 366 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority||votes=17,336|percentage=6.3|change=-14.7}} {{Election box turnout||votes=276,602|percentage=93.0|change=+4.4}} {{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]]: Rajshahi-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = [[Aminul Haque (politician)|Aminul Haque]] |votes = 130,631 |percentage = 59.1 |change = +11.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Omar Faruk Chowdhury]] |votes = 84,185 |percentage = 38.1 |change = +6.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. Jalal Uddin |votes = 5,022 |percentage = 2.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Workers Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Rafiqul Islam |votes = 915 |percentage = 0.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Aminul Islam |votes = 298 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Manju) |candidate = Anowar Iqbal Badal |votes = 88 |percentage = 0.0 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 46,446 |percentage = 21.0 |change = +4.5 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 221,139 |percentage = 88.6 |change = +1.5 }} {{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]]: Rajshahi-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Aminul Haque (politician)|Aminul Haque]]|votes=83,994|percentage=47.7|change=+4.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Md. Alal Uddin|votes=55,003|percentage=31.2|change=+1.5}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=[[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]]|votes=28,453|percentage=16.2|change=-8.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=Rabeya Bhuiyan|votes=6,915|percentage=3.9|change=+2.4}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD|candidate=Mozibur|votes=631|percentage=0.4|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=M. M. Sajedun Nabi|votes=448|percentage=0.3|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Gano Forum|candidate=Bholanath Majhi|votes=276|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal|candidate=Abdul Ohab|votes=270|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}} {{Election box candidate| |party = Oikkya Prakriyya |candidate = Md. Abdus Salam |votes = 112 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority||votes=28,991|percentage=16.5|change=+3.3}} {{Election box turnout||votes=176,102|percentage=87.1|change=+12.8}} {{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]]: Rajshahi-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Nationalist Party|candidate=[[Aminul Haque (politician)|Aminul Haque]]|votes=61,975|percentage=42.9|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Awami League|candidate=Md. Mohsin|votes=42,897|percentage=29.7|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|candidate=[[Mujibur Rahman (Rajshahi politician)|Mujibur Rahman]]|votes=36,058|percentage=25.0|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jatiya Party (Ershad)|candidate=[[Durul Huda]]|votes=2,108|percentage=1.5|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Muhammad Lutfar Rahman|votes=1,344|percentage=0.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=19,078|percentage=13.2|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=144,382|percentage=74.3|change=}} {{Election box gain with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <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="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="2026results">{{cite web |url=http://ecs.gov.bd/en/page/result-for-12th-national-parliament-election |title=List of 13th Parliament Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=Bangladesh Election Commission |language=bn |access-date=7 April 2026}}</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=51&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=52 |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/20081229000617/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=52 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }}
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