Chuadanga-1

Chuadanga-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Solaiman Haque Joarder of the Awami League.

Chuadanga-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Chuadanga District
Division	Khulna Division
Electorate	437,845 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
← 78 Kushtia-4 80 Chuadanga-2 →

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Alamdanga Upazila, Chuadanga Municipality, and five union parishads of Chuadanga Sadar Upazila: Alokdia, Kutubpur, Mominpur, Padmabila, and Shankar Chandra.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from the Kushtia-7 constituency when the former Kushtia District was split into three districts: Meherpur, Kushtia, and Chuadanga.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Makbul Hossain	Jatiya Party[5]
	1988	Mohammad Shahjahan	Combined Opposition Party[6]
	1991	Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali	BNP
	1996	Shamsuzzaman Dudu
	2001	Shahidul Islam Biswas
	2008	Solaiman Haque Joarder	Awami League
	2018	Solaiman Haque Joarder	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Chuadanga-1^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Solaiman Haque Joarder	145,134	87.8	+31.3
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Sobed Ali	20,108	12.2	N/A
Majority			125,026	75.7	+61.1
Turnout			165,242	41.6	−50.5
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Chuadanga-1^[2][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Solaiman Haque Joarder	184,793	56.5	+15.1
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Biswas	136,889	41.8	−13.7
	IAB	Asad-Uzzaman Sardar	5,027	1.5	N/A
	National People's Party	Idris Chowdhury	579	0.2	N/A
Majority			47,904	14.6	+0.5
Turnout			327,288	92.1	+5.1
	AL gain from BNP

General Election 2001: Chuadanga-1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shahidul Islam Biswas	151,763	55.5	+13.9
	AL	Solaiman Haque Joarder	113,333	41.4	+5.5
	Independent	Mir Shamsuzzoha	6,381	2.3	N/A
	IJOF	Sohrab Hossain	1,487	0.5	N/A
	Ganatantri Party	Md. Khandokar Motaharul Islam	343	0.1	N/A
	Jatiya Party (M)	Md. Abul Hossain Nantu	185	0.1	N/A
Majority			38,430	14.1	+8.4
Turnout			273,492	87.0	+2.4
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Chuadanga-1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shamsuzzaman Dudu	89,786	41.6	+6.9
	AL	Solaiman Haque Joarder	77,489	35.9	+2.4
	JI	Md. Abdul Khaleq	35,365	16.4	N/A
	JP(E)	Md. Saiful Islam Pinu	5,212	2.4	N/A
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Md. Touhid Hossain	3,403	1.6	+1.2
	IOJ	Moulana Yunus Ali	3,034	1.4	N/A
	WPB	Md. Mokhlesur Rahman	615	0.3	−0.4
	Independent	M. Sanwar Hossain	298	0.1	N/A
	BKA	Nurur Rahman	253	0.1	N/A
	FP	Mohammad Bazlul Huda	129	0.1	−27.8
	Independent	Md. Nazrul Islam	100	0.0	N/A
Majority			12,297	5.7	+4.5
Turnout			215,684	84.6	+16
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Chuadanga-1^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali	55,387	34.7
	AL	Solaiman Haque Joarder	53,535	33.5
	FP	Mohammad Bazlul Huda	44,630	27.9
	Zaker Party	A Bari	4,456	2.8
	WPB	Bablu Rahman	1,145	0.7
	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD	Mohammad Shahjahan	595	0.4
Majority			1,852	1.2
Turnout			159,748	68.6
	BNP gain from