Natore-1

Natore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Shahidul Islam Bakul of the Awami League.

Natore-1
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictNatore District
DivisionRajshahi Division
Electorate311,925 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1984
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Shahidul Islam Bakul

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Bagatipara and Lalpur upazilas.[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Rajshahi constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1986 Momtaz Uddin Awami League[4]
1988 Md. Naosher Ali Sarkar Jatiya Party[5]
1991 Fazlur Rahman Patal Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2008 Abu Talha Jatiya Party (Ershad)
2014 Abul Kalam Azad Awami League
2018 Shahidul Islam Bakul Awami League[1]

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Abul Kalam Azad was elected unopposed in the 2014 general election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[6]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Natore-1[2][7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP(E) Abu Talha 123,835 53.4 N/A
BNP Fazlur Rahman Patal 103,814 44.8 -6.4
PDP Md. Pervez Kabir 3,377 1.5 N/A
IAB Md. Mazaammel Hossain 657 0.3 N/A
CPB (M-L) Birendra Nath Saha 297 0.1 N/A
Majority 20,021 8.6 +3.6
Turnout 231,980 92.3 +4.4
JP(E) gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Natore-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fazlur Rahman Patal 99,591 51.2 +2.3
Awami League Momtaz Uddin 89,948 46.2 +7.6
IJOF Md. Ashraful Alam Khan 2,911 1.5 N/A
Workers Party Ansar Ali Dulal 2,027 1.0 -0.4
JSD Syed Shamsuzzoha 180 0.1 N/A
Majority 9,643 5.0 -5.4
Turnout 194,657 87.9 -2.2
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Natore-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fazlur Rahman Patal 78,897 48.9 -2.4
Awami League Momtaz Uddin 62,184 38.6 +9.4
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Mahiuddin) Md. Tasnim Alam 11,433 7.1 N/A
JP(E) Md. Moniruzzaman 3,937 2.4 -3.0
Workers Party Ansar Ali Dulal 2,219 1.4 N/A
Independent Abu Talha 2,095 1.3 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Zillur Rahman Khan 276 0.2 +0.1
Zaker Party Md. Abdul Bari Sarkar 166 0.1 0.0
Majority 16,713 10.4 -11.7
Turnout 161,207 90.1 +11.5
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Natore-1[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Fazlur Rahman Patal 70,646 51.3
Awami League Momtaz Uddin 40,264 29.2
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Tasneem Al Faruk 19,114 13.9
JP(E) Md. Naosher Ali Sarkar 7,486 5.4
Zaker Party Md. Hatem Ali Mondol 122 0.1
Bangladesh Muslim League (Kader) Md. Abdus Samad Khanpuri 80 0.1
Majority 30,382 22.1
Turnout 137,712 78.6
BNP gain from JP(E)

References
  1. "Natore-1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  7. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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