Narsingdi-1

Narsingdi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Muhammad Nazrul Islam of the Awami League.

Narsingdi-1
Constituency for the Jatiya Sangsad
District	Narsingdi District
Division	Dhaka Division
Electorate	380,095 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1984
Party	Awami League
Member(s)	Muhammad Nazrul Islam
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Boundaries

The constituency encompasses all but three union parishads of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila: Amdia, Meher Para, and Panchdona.^[2][3]

History

The constituency was created in 1984 from a Dhaka constituency when the former Dhaka District was split into six districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj, Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, and Narayanganj.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.^[4] The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency.^[5]

Ahead of the 2014 general election, the Election Commission expanded the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it excluded a fourth union parishad of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila: Silmandi.^[3][6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1986	Samsul Huda Bachchu	Jatiya Party[7][8]
	1988	Mustafa Jamal
	1991	Shamsuddin Ahmed Ishaq	BNP
	2005 by-election	Khairul kabir Khokon
	2008	Muhammad Nazrul Islam	Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2014: Narsingdi-1^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Nazrul Islam	80,896	94.8	+42.9
	JP(E)	Mohammad Mostofa Jamal	4,475	5.2	N/A
Majority			76,421	89.5	+82.4
Turnout			85,371	25.9	−61.4
	AL hold

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2008: Narsingdi-1^[2][10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Muhammad Nazrul Islam	122,105	51.9
	BNP	Khairul Kabir Khokon	105,454	44.9
	IAB	Ashrafur Rahman	6,511	2.7
	Gano Front	Md. Zakir Hossain	537	0.2
	Gano Forum	Shahiduzzaman Chowdhury	482	0.2
Majority			16,651	7.1
Turnout			235,089	87.3
	AL gain from BNP

Shamsuddin Ahmed Ishaq died in March 2005.^[12] Khairul Islam Khokon of the BNP was elected in a June by-election.^[13][14]

General Election 2001: Narsingdi-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shamsuddin Ahmed Ishaq	101,313	52.8	+13.0
	AL	Mohammad Ali	84,889	44.2	+4.4
	IJOF	Samsul Huda Bachchu	5,271	2.8	N/A
	Zaker Party	M. S. Bari Khan	422	0.2	−1.3
	Ganatantri Party	A. K. M. Shahidul Islam	124	0.1	N/A
Majority			16,424	8.6	−0.3
Turnout			192,019	74.0	−0.3
	BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s

General Election June 1996: Narsingdi-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shamsuddin Ahmed Ishaq	58,342	39.8	−18.6
	AL	Asaduzzaman	45,353	30.9	−0.8
	JP(E)	Md. Mejbauddin	27,461	18.7	+12.2
	JI	Sayed Kamal Uddin Jafan	7,968	5.4	N/A
	IOJ	Md. Mehar Uddin	4,616	3.2	N/A
	Zaker Party	Md. Sadequl Bari Khan	2,134	1.5	−0.3
	Independent	Md. Sirajul Haque	225	0.2	N/A
	BKA	Shanf Ahmed Faraji	189	0.1	N/A
	FP	Mostofa Kamal Ahmed	125	0.1	N/A
	Gano Forum	Abdul Hasim Mian	122	0.1	N/A
	Samridhya Bangladesh Andolan	Md. Zakir Hossain	54	0.0	N/A
Majority			12,989	8.9	−19.4
Turnout			146,589	74.3	+16.5
	BNP hold

General Election 1991: Narsingdi-1^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Shamsuddin Ahmed Ishaq	80,206	58.4
	AL	Mosleh Uddin	41,340	30.1
	JP(E)	Mostafa Zamal	8,928	6.5
	Zaker Party	Ataur Rahman Khan	2,466	1.8
	Independent	Babul Sarkar	2,374	1.7
	Sramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal	Kazi Hatem Ali	1,379	1.0
	Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal	Md. Zakir Hossain	346	0.3
	Bangladesh National Congress	Shahjahan Mollik	245	0.2
Majority			38,866	28.3
Turnout			137,284	57.8
	BNP gain from