{{short description|Constituency of Bangladesh's Jatiya Sangsad}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Sirajganj-1 | type = | constituency_link = | parl_name = [[Jatiya Sangsad]] | map1 = | map_size = | image = সিরাজগঞ্জ-১.svg | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = | map2 = | image2 = | caption2 = | district_label = | district = [[Sirajganj District]] | region_label = Division | region = [[Rajshahi Division]] | population = | electorate = 345,603 (2018)<ref name="2018results" /> | towns = | future = | year = 1984 | abolished_label = | abolished = | members_label = | seats = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = | next = | previous = | module = {{align|left|← [[Natore-4|61 Natore-4]]}}{{align|right|[[Sirajganj-2|63 Sirajganj-2]] →}} }} '''Sirajganj-1''' is a constituency represented in the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] (National Parliament) of [[Bangladesh]]. Since 6 August 2024, the constituency remains vacant. [[Md. Salim Reza (Sirajganj politician)|Md. Salim Reza]] is the current member of Parliament.
== Boundaries == The constituency encompasses [[Kazipur Upazila]] and four [[union parishad]]s of [[Sirajganj Sadar Upazila]]: Bagbati, Mechhra, Ratankandi, and Chhongachha.<ref name="pa1May2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=(নং-৬৫৫) ত্রয়োদশ জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন উপলক্ষ্যে জাতীয় সংসদের নির্বাচনি এলাকার সীমানার পুন:নির্ধারনি চূড়ান্ত তালিকা-২০২৫ প্রকাশ। |url=https://www.ecs.gov.bd/category/national-parliament-election}}</ref>
== History == The constituency was created in 1984 from a Pabna constituency when the former Pabna District was split into two districts: [[Sirajganj District|Sirajganj]] and [[Pabna District|Pabna]].<ref name="district-stats" />
Ahead of the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]], the [[Bangladesh Election Commission|Election Commission]] redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the [[2001 Bangladesh census]].<ref name="Rahman2010" /> The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.<ref name="ds11Jul2008" />
Ahead of the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 general election]], the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency by adding one union parishad of Sirajganj Sadar Upazila: Bahuli.<ref name="maps" /><ref name="pa1May2018" /><ref name="ecs" />
Ahead of the [[2026 Bangladeshi general election|2026 general election]], the Election Commission decided to return the boundaries to how it was for the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deepto |first=Ahmed |date=2025-09-04 |title=EC finalises 300 constituency boundaries, redraws 46 seats |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/ec-finalises-300-constituency-boundaries-redraws-46-seats-3978746 |access-date=2025-09-05 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
== Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]] | [[Mohammed Nasim]] | [[Awami League]]<ref name="1986results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | [[1988 Bangladeshi general election|1988]] | [[Shafiqul Islam (Sirajganj politician)|Shafiqul Islam]] | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref name="1988results" /> |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]] | [[Mohammed Nasim]] | rowspan="6" | [[Awami League]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | Sep 1996 by-election | [[Mohammad Selim]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] | [[Mohammed Nasim]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] | [[Tanvir Shakil Joy]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | | [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014]] | [[Mohammed Nasim]] |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Awami League}}" | |2020 by-election |[[Tanvir Shakil Joy]] |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Bangladesh Nationalist Party}}"| | [[2026 Bangladeshi general election |2026]] | [[Md. Salim Reza]] | [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|BNP]] |- |}
== Elections ==
=== Elections in the 2010s === Mohammed Nasim was 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]]: Sirajganj-1<ref name="maps" /><ref name="2008results" /><ref name="2008nomination" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Tanvir S. Joy]] |votes = 177,732 |percentage = 80.7 |change = +9.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Mazid |votes = 40,814 |percentage = 18.5 |change = -8.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Communist Party of Bangladesh |candidate = Md. Abdul Baque |votes = 1,806 |percentage = 0.8 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 136,918 |percentage = 62.1 |change = +17.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 220,352 |percentage = 85.6 |change = +20.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 2001]]: Sirajganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammed Nasim]] |votes = 101,981 |percentage = 71.7 |change = -20.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Mazid |votes = 38,202 |percentage = 26.9 |change = +20.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Muhammad Salim |votes = 1,250 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Islami Jatiya Oikya Front |candidate = Md. A. Barek Bakul |votes = 471 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Feroz Ahmed Chowdhury |votes = 296 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 63,779 |percentage = 44.9 |change = -40.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 142,200 |percentage = 65.3 |change = +21.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1990s === Mohammed Nasim stood for two seats in the June 1996 general election: Sirajganj-1 and [[Sirajganj-2]].<ref name="votemonitor062" /> After winning both, he chose to represent Sirajganj-2 and quit Sirajganj-1, triggering a by-election in Sirajganj-1. Mohammad Salim of the Awami League was elected in a September by-election.<ref name="ec7th" />
{{Election box begin | title=Sirajganj-1 by-election, 1996<ref name="ec7th" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammad Salim (Bangladeshi politician)|Mohammad Salim]] |votes = 55,488 |percentage = 92.2 |change = +24.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Mahbubul Islam Talukder |votes = 3,963 |percentage = 6.6 |change = -19.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Lutfar Rahman |votes = 728 |percentage = 1.2 |change = -2.3 }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 51,525 |percentage = 85.6 |change = +43.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 60,179 |percentage = 44.0 |change = -23.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|General Election June 1996]]: Sirajganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammed Nasim]] |votes = 62,383 |percentage = 68.0 |change = +6.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Abdul Mazid |votes = 23,927 |percentage = 26.1 |change = -7.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Jatiya Party (Ershad) |candidate = Tati Tozzammel Haque |votes = 3,175 |percentage = 3.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = T. M. Ahsan Habib |votes = 1,869 |percentage = 2.0 |change = -2.4 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Md. Abdur Razzak |votes = 364 |percentage = 0.4 |change = -0.2 }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) |candidate = S. M. Faridul Haque |votes = 89 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''N/A'' }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 38,456 |percentage = 41.9 |change = +14.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 91,807 |percentage = 67.0 |change = +25.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link without swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1991 Bangladeshi general election|General Election 1991]]: Sirajganj-1<ref name="votemonitor" />}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Awami League |candidate = [[Mohammed Nasim]] |votes = 48,338 |percentage = 61.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party |candidate = Aamir Hossain Vulu |votes = 26,618 |percentage = 33.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |candidate = Kamruzzaman |votes = 3,444 |percentage = 4.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Zaker Party |candidate = Golam Ambia Tang |votes = 453 |percentage = 0.6 |change = }}
{{Election box majority| |votes = 21,720 |percentage = 27.5 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 78,853 |percentage = 41.2 |change = }} {{Election box gain no swing| |winner = Bangladesh Awami League |loser = }} {{Election box end}}
== References == <references> <ref name="2018results">{{cite news |title=Sirajganj-1|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Sirajganj-1&d=rajshahi |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> <ref name="pa1May2018">{{cite news |title=EC 'gerrymanders' 25 constituencies for pressure of ministers, MPs |url=http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/174911/EC-changes-25-parliament-seat-demarcations-under |newspaper=[[Prothom Alo]] |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=3 August 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="district-stats">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/District%20Statistics/Pabna.pdf |title=District Statistics 2011: Pabna |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |format=PDF |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> <ref name="Rahman2010">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA105 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |page=105 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref> <ref name="ds11Jul2008">{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=11 July 2008 |title=Final list of redrawn JS seats published |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45202 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]}}</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 (Bangladesh)]] |location=Dhaka, Bangladesh |access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref> <ref name="2008results">{{cite web |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=61&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=61 |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/20081229000854/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=61 |archive-date=29 December 2008}}</ref> <ref name="votemonitor062">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=62 |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/20081229001105/http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=62 |archive-date=29 December 2008}}</ref> <ref name="ec7th">{{cite web |url=http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/125.pdf |title=Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election |website=[[Bangladesh Election Commission]] |page=314 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323082019/http://www.ec.org.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/125.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2015 |access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref> </references>
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