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Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad

Rangpur-1 Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad District Rangpur District Division Rangpur Division Electorate 375,227 (2026) Current constituency Created 1973 Parliamentary Party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Md. Rayhan Shirazi ← 18 Lalmonirhat-3 20 Rangpur-2 →

**Rangpur-1** is a constituency represented in the [Jatiya Sangsad](/source/Jatiya_Sangsad) (National Parliament) of [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). [Md Rayhan Shirazi](/source/Md_Rayhan_Shirazi) is the current member of parliament.

## Boundaries

The constituency encompasses [Gangachhara Upazila](/source/Gangachhara_Upazila) and wards 1 through 9 of [Rangpur City Corporation](/source/Rangpur_City_Corporation).[1][2]

## History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election), the [Election Commission](/source/Bangladesh_Election_Commission) reduced the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it had also included three [union parishads](/source/Union_parishad) of [Rangpur Sadar Upazila](/source/Rangpur_Sadar_Upazila): Haridebpur, Pashuram, and Uttam.[3][4]

Ahead of the [2018 general election](/source/2018_Bangladeshi_general_election), the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include wards 1 through 8 of Rangpur City Corporation.[3][5]

Ahead of the [2026 general election](/source/2026_Bangladeshi_general_election), the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency to include an additional 9th ward of the Rangpur City Corporation.[6]

## Members of Parliament

Election Member Party 1973 Abdur Rouf Bangladesh Awami League[7] 1979 Mashiur Rahman Bangladesh Nationalist Party[8] 1979 by-election Shafiqul Ghani Swapan Major Boundary Changes 1986 Moyezuddin Sarker Jatiya Party (Ershad)[9][10] Sep 1991 by-election Karimuddin Bharsa 1996 Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu 2001 Moshiur Rahman Ranga Islami Jatiya Oikya Front 2008 Hossain Mokbul Shahriar Jatiya Party (Ershad) 2014 Moshiur Rahman Ranga 2024 Asaduzzaman Bablu Independent 2026 Md. Rayhan Shirazi Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

## Elections

### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2026: Rangpur-1[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Jamaat Md. Rayhan Shirazi 145,088 64.2 +50.6 BNP Md. Mokarram Hossain Sujan 69,407 30.7 N/A Majority 75,681 33.5 −34.0 Turnout 225,836 60.2 −25.0 Registered electors 375,227 Jamaat gain from Independent

### Elections in the 2010s

Moshiur Rahman Ranga was elected unopposed in the [2014 general election](/source/2014_Bangladeshi_general_election) after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[12]

### Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Rangpur-1[3][13][14] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Hossain Mokbul Shahriar 168,989 81.0 N/A Jamaat Muhammad Abdul Ghani 28,270 13.6 −14.6 Independent Anwarul Islam 8,210 3.9 N/A IAB Md. Khairul Islam 2,101 1.0 N/A Ganatantri Party Saif Uddin Ahmed 741 0.4 N/A PDP Md. Abdul Kayum 313 0.2 N/A Majority 140,719 67.5 +51.2 Turnout 208,624 85.2 +8.6 JP(E) gain from IJOF

General Election 2001: Rangpur-1[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% IJOF Moshiur Rahman Ranga 77,812 44.6 N/A Jamaat Shah Md. Ruhul Islam 49,278 28.2 +6.8 AL Md. Sharaf Uddin Ahmmed 47,109 27.0 +3.6 Independent Md. Matiar Rahman 456 0.3 N/A Majority 28,534 16.3 −10.9 Turnout 174,655 76.6 +7.9 IJOF gain from JP(E)

### Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Rangpur-1[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu 61,373 50.6 AL Mesbah Uddin Ahmed 28,373 23.4 Jamaat Shah Md. Ruhul Islam 25,923 21.4 BNP Ali Md. Jafar 3,610 3.0 IOJ Md. Therul Kabi 593 0.5 WPB Ruhini Chandra Barman 563 0.5 Independent Md. Samsul Alam 327 0.3 Zaker Party Md. Mozzamel Haque 206 0.1 Independent Md. Mostafa Kamal 163 0.1 Independent Md. Mosaddek Hossain 163 0.1 Majority 33,000 27.2 Turnout 121,294 68.7 JP(E) hold

Hussain Muhammad Ershad stood from jail for five seats in the 1991 general election:[16] Rangpur-1, [Rangpur-2](/source/Rangpur-2),[17] [Rangpur-3](/source/Rangpur-3), [Rangpur-5](/source/Rangpur-5),[18] and [Rangpur-6](/source/Rangpur-6).[19] After winning all five, he chose to represent Rangpur-3 and quit the other four, triggering by-elections in them.[20] [Karimuddin Bharsa](/source/Karimuddin_Bharsa), of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), was elected in a September 1991 by-election.[21]

General Election 1991: Rangpur-1[15] Party Candidate Votes % ±% JP(E) Hussain Muhammad Ershad 50,004 56.5 AL Md. Mojibar Rahman Pramanik 20,310 22.9 Jamaat Shah Md. Ruhul Islam 15,515 17.5 NAP (Muzaffar) Md. Sekendar Ali 1,220 1.4 BNP Md. Shah Emdadul Haq 695 0.8 Zaker Party Md. Ruhul Amin 464 0.5 WPB Md. Chad Miah 234 0.3 UCL A. K. M. Shirazul Islam 102 0.1 Majority 29,694 33.5 Turnout 88,547 54.3 JP(E) hold

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## External links

- ["People's Republic of Bangladesh"](http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/). *Psephos*.

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