Chapai Nawabganj-1

Chapai Nawabganj-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.

Chapai Nawabganj-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chapai Nawabganj District
Division	Rajshahi Division
Electorate	416,132 (2018)
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 42 Bogra-7 44 Chapai Nawabganj-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Shibganj Upazila.^[1][2]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Rajshahi-1 constituency when the former Rajshahi District was split into four districts: Nawabganj, Naogaon, Rajshahi, and Natore.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Moin Uddin Ahmed	Independent[3][4]
	1988	Mahbubul Alam
	1991	Shahjahan Miah	BNP
	2008	Muhammad Enamul Huq	Awami League[5]
	2014	Golam Rabbani
	2018	Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2018: Chapai Nawabganj-1^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Shamil Uddin Ahmed Shimul	1,80,078		N/A
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	1,63,650		N/A
	IAB	Md. Monirul Islam	53,154		N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,16,132
	AL hold

Golam Rabbani 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: Chapai Nawabganj-1^[1][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Enamul Huq	139,308	45.5	+11.4
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	116,673	38.1	−0.8
	Gano Forum	Golam Rabbani	49,896	16.3	N/A
Majority			22,635	7.4	+2.6
Turnout			305,877	92.8	+3.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chapai Nawabganj-1^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	96,740	38.9	−7.5
	AL	Muhammad Enamul Huq	84,807	34.1	+19.4
	Independent	Nazrul Islam	65,310	26.2	N/A
	IJOF	Md. Alauddin	1,214	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Ittehad Touhidul Idrisi	510	0.2	N/A
	CPB	Syed Ahmmad Biswas	306	0.1	N/A
	Gano Azadi League (Samad)	Md. Nazrul Islam	108	0.0	N/A
Majority			11,933	4.8	−4.7
Turnout			248,995	89.7	+3.6
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chapai Nawabganj-1^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	93,119	46.4	+8.9
	JI	Nazrul Islam	74,144	36.9	−0.9
	AL	Kaium Reza Chowdhury	29,568	14.7	N/A
	JP(E)	Mainul Haque	1,317	0.7	+0.4
	JSD	Abu Bakkar	1,149	0.6	N/A
	Zaker Party	Niamot Ali Niam	1,049	0.5	−0.4
	GAL	Md. Nazrul Islam	255	0.1	N/A
	FP	Md. Khademul Islam	129	0.1	−0.7
Majority			18,975	9.5	+8.0
Turnout			200,730	86.1	+9.2
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chapai Nawabganj-1^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahjahan Miah	65,560	37.5
	JI	Nazrul Islam	62,945	36.0
	Independent	Kaium Reza Chowdhury	41,201	23.6
	NAP (Muzaffar)	Nazrul Islam	1,593	0.9
	Zaker Party	Mamtazuddin	1,559	0.9
	FP	Md. Khademul Islam	1,338	0.8
	JP(E)	Mainul Haq	586	0.3
	Independent	Mostafizur Rahman	147	0.1
Majority			2,615	1.5
Turnout			174,929	76.9
	BNP gain from